One Who Asks
To one who asks so little
I want to give so much.
It may appear mere fiddle to want to keep in touch.
To one who asks so sweetly
I want to give my all.
It may appear too neatly to want to be on call.
To one who asks so kindly
I want to give my best.
It may appear most blindly to want to plot one quest.
To one who asks so meekly
I want to give my sake.
It may appear quite weakly to want to take the cake.
To one who asks so rarely
I want to give each day.
It may appear just barely to want to make some hay.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAA BCC BDD BEE BFF |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 495 |
Words | 115 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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