Treasure Map
Underneath years of forgotten memories
and the attic’s stale dust,
the children satisfied their curious lust
and found a map of treasure.
Sure that the instructions led
to gold and silver and jewels,
those vibrant, young fools
burdened themselves with journey.
They followed the lines of the path,
went through a creek,
only the secret words did they speak,
and then, there they were, at the end.
“Mom! Mom! Mom!” they screamed
as they explained their lengthy adventure.
She nodded, but did not dare to venture
belief in their simple games of pretend.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABBCDEFGHIIJKCCJ |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 542 |
Words | 94 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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