Illusion

Labeeqa Baneen 2003 (Okara, Pakistan)



There was a little girl who used to cry,
She asked her mother to make her fly.
She was obsessed with aerial.
But, she was afraid of malarial.
Her mother told her it's illusion of an eye.

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Written on April 27, 2023

Submitted by Labeeqabaneen227 on April 27, 2023

Modified on May 01, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABBA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 186
Words 41
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5

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  • Afshi_123@
    It reminds me my childhood.
    LikeReply1 year ago

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