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Human

Uhunoma Leonard Iyahen

Free verse
I am a gift to life
I am the lift of my wife,
I am tomorrow's hope
I am reasons why days cope,
With different weather's that shows.
I am all to know in order to appreciate love,
I am the image of God above.
I am named man
And I call my ribs woman.  

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Gift of life.

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Written on February 08, 2010

Submitted by Leocribs on February 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABBCDDEF
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 249
Words 60
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
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Uhunoma Leonard Iyahen

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