Ant Hill



The first ant
The bravest  the boldest
Lead the rest into
The forrest.
Now trails reach out
From the heap like roots
Stretched out around trees.
Thousands of tiny he-men
Rolling dragging toting  home
The queens desires.

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Submitted by Skooglinden9 on December 17, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFGHIJ
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 223
Words 41
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10

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