Tonlé Sap
Her great pulsating mother heart
impels a yearly still returning wonder
Her stream bears life up to a high plain
and flushes loads of dust to the sea
In her legends she is treasuring
-with crocodiles and dolphins tales-
the long lost Empire of Angkor
Now bearing fewer lives than once before
this mighty mother, she is suffering
from deluded people’s deeds
in this tragically collapsed land
But her womb, it has survived
the gruesome bleeding without end
She keeps providing for the needs.
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Submitted by ludy_b on October 23, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXX BXA XBCX XXC |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 479 |
Words | 84 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4, 3 |
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