The child's secret
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
She was wild and she was free
And followed by her sweet doggie
While she ran across the edge
Her dog fell down from tiny ledge
And as the traffic passed them by
No ambulance but angel sigh
And for days on end the child had cried
The memory of it her secret hide
And in this den of sorrow so shy
She thought of her dog she had left to die
And ran so fast to apologise
With nought but tears in her eyes
To bring him back too our lives
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Written on June 12, 2022
Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on June 12, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABBCCDDCCEEE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 432 |
Words | 92 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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