Virgin forest
Tit-for-tat
he exchanges blow with her;
raising his arm high
as he till'd the soil
making hips and ridges
high-low went his hoe
as he cut her short
she made him profuse
releasing euphrate and his kins-men
on him.
She lay her eggs on his skin pore;
the sun goes up and down over him,
as he crisps to meet up
the first yearly rain;
at evening,he takes his roasted yam and water
which was prepared by his grammy.
betimes long,
/the virgin forest
is twisted to a war camp,where beetles and weavens domicile,
competing for food and residues
towards november,
she breeds again
and he makes them away!
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | XA XBXXX XCDX DXXAX XXBX ACX |
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| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 572 |
| Words | 111 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 5, 4, 5, 4, 3 |
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