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If only

Roberto Suárez Torres 1983 (New York)

Limerick
To green fields steps slow need tread,
like drops far of riverbeds
heard in a dark and deep wood,
but if only the will would
heed a long grey beard ahead.
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Written on November 27, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCCA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 154
Words 33
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
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