I met a man



I met a man called Sam,
he was a tall, lean, and handsome man.
We met near a brook he loved so well
He asked me to an eatery. and
I shyly said "yes".

I met a man called Sam.
In a year and a day we wed.
Oh, what a  life we had Sam and I
and our three sons.

I met a man called Sam.
Today he rests on a hill
near the brook, he loved so well.

About this poem

This is a story about courtship from beginning to end.

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Written on January 07, 2021

Submitted by youngeryou on January 07, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme Axbxx Axxx Axb
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 343
Words 91
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 3

Stephanie Lynn Smith

I was born on December 5, 1948. I grew to like poetry because it was interesting to me how to tell a whole story in such a short "book". It made short stories seem long. I wrote poems for the original Poetry.com and the International Society of Poets. more…

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