Tabula Rasa
through a tunnel of time we’re
traveling towards the unknown
self-confident in our present
but ignorant of what later is
as the outside and the inside mix
there is a hope of higher powers
measured with concepts we think fit
and what each may expect
once this corridor is passed
would it count eternally
for a pristine worksheet too
did it make progress on this path
and did its time gain anything
what use is the human track?
the answer has no voice
the signs from outside lack
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Submitted by ludy_b on October 08, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 464 |
Words | 88 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 7, 2 |
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