At first sight



Once upon a time in  far way West
A prince of foolsland to his quest
Recalling the myths he heard once
Woke up to begin an unknown race

With a deep sea of vast, vast curiosity
A sword, horse and map for his vanity
A naive full of heroic superstitious dreams
Ran off to reveal to the mystery of things

Through the woods, chirping and howls
Wilderness he thinks is not just all fowls
Though smile is a pretext for emotions to hide
How sorrow and happiness go side by side ?

Small muddy huts with everyone busy
Happy and sad faces all taking it easy
With dark eyes she smiled sparking a light
His universe went blank at her first sight.
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Written on November 02, 2022

Submitted by jtruth363 on November 02, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABX CCXX XBDD CCEE
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 643
Words 132
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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