Lifecycle



First comes the spring
And the dreams are bright
Then comes the summer
And the dreams get right
Then comes the fall
And dreams come at night
The winter is dark,
But there is that light
That calls you in another world
But that way is tight
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCBDBEBFB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 229
Words 47
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10

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