The Stairs of Life
You start your way through "The Stairs of Life"
for as far as you see it's happy and nice.
When you get to the top, you turn to the left
only to find a thousand more steps.
So you climb and you climb through
the hurt and the pain, hoping at the top
there is something to gain.
When you get to the top, it's a turn
to the right, only to find it's another long flight.
So you climb and you climb, through the hurt and
the pain, hoping at top there is something to gain.
So you climb and you climb just to get to the top
When you finely get there you find
They don't stop.
"The fight."
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Submitted on January 11, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJGFKFI |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 568 |
Words | 122 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
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