Island of New Hope
I walked along the sun-scorched steppe,
Exhausted and hopeless.
I walked to nowhere without a map.
Without a need for success.
I was just nonchalant, being free,
But needed some rest.
One lucky day I found a tree
With wide green branches.
I raised to heaven my grateful hands
And laid down in the shadow
On this little island of abundance
In the sea of sorrow.
I left it after two days and nights,
When I got stronger.
But this time I chose another path,
A path to somewhere.
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Written on April 09, 2022
Submitted by signals_from_the_moon on April 11, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXX AXAX XBXB XXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 479 |
Words | 103 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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