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The Sea Flame

Geoffrey Francis Hoesch

Wake each pitiful morning
Knowing there's no change
All of the day still yawning
Nothing new or strange

Trudge on through the rocky pass
That never seems to end
In a bauble made of glass
A world that is pretend

Often, the mind misleads
Barricades mar the soul
Keep walking to the sea
And you may reach the goal

We are so small, small, small
Any human knows
The flame is tall, tall, tall
Should you choose to grow
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Submitted on November 23, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CDCD XEXE FXFX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 397
Words 79
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
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