Hide and Seek



Glimpses of you
in every woman
passing by

giggles of your voice
in every bird's lullaby

your faint
rose scent
got me wondering

mysterious, elusive
shy butterfly

where are you

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Submitted by Traian06 on March 28, 2023

Modified by Traian06 on March 31, 2023

11 sec read
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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXB XB XXX XB A
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 183
Words 37
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 2, 3, 2, 1

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