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The Essence of... Everything

Amritha Lakshmi Mangalat

The essence of perfume is its fragrance,

The essence of a rose plant, its buds;

The essence of the sky is its rain,

The essence of dirt is its mud.
The essence of a dragon is its fire,

The essence of a bird, its fluttering wings;

The essence of a tree, its leaves,

The essence of life is what good it brings.
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Submitted on November 14, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme X X X XX A X A
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 301
Words 62
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1
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