When I was just a little boy!!!?



When I was just a little boy,
I never had any worries,
I did everything with a sense of joy,
I never regretted for any of my follies;
I climbed on a mango tree,
And later, I found a snake,
Curled round its bottom,
In a sudden shock, I jumped from the tree,
I was scared but did not,
Stay in a frenzy mood;
A strong sense of  fearlessness,
Remained in my younger days,
When I found the world in a joyous mood.!!.

About this poem

The writer muses about his childhood days in a self-revealing poem. It was written in 2005.

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Written on October 20, 2005

Submitted by jesudason_a on August 13, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABABCDECFGBHG
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 399
Words 83
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13

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