To be busy
Dimitri(Pseudonym) 1997 (St. Petersburg)
Of all the ridicules in life,
what strikes me the most,
is to be busy.
Man quick to his meal; quick to his work.
So when I see such a man bespattered
by a carriage in even greater haste.
Or a tile falls from the roof
and strikes him dead.
I laugh...I laugh
from the bottom of my heart.
And who could help?
These busy botchers!!
Are they not like a confused housewife
who saves fire-tongs when the fire breaks out?
For what do these men manage to salvage
from the great fire of life?
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Written on October 10, 2021
Submitted by DimitriPseudonymous on October 12, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCX BXXX XXXC AXXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 467 |
Words | 96 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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