Blissful Ignorance



Before I knew the answers
life was one big question
Wonder hid round every turn
laughter as my Muse

As answers came the questions left
each day like that before
Laughter but an echoed wish
wonder lost — unfound

(Villanova University: April, 2024)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on April 21, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXX AXXA X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 251
Words 45
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 1

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