The Lost Boy
Ronald-Bunch 1982 (Grand Rapids)
A joyous mountain.
Exiled peasants.
A spawning spring.
To pleasure they seek
At its peak.
They are meek
Yet kind and sheik
With rags to wear,
Frizzled hair.
A castle was once their lair.
With staffs and climbing gear
They did not fear.
Up they stepped,
Up they slept.
Looking for a lost soul.
To be free from peasantry
By a cash reward,
But foul to award.
Suddenly,
A singing shrill
Was heard on the hill tops,
They were filled with joy.
To their lungs and mouth tops:
"Ahoy!"
All the way up the hill
They followed the shrill.
They found the one who sings
At the spawning springs.
The lost soul in toil.
The count's boy found
What a joy to sound.
Drunk with joy
They drunk their fill
Down the hill.
A heart-full,
A shivering chill,
They sang down the hill.
No hole for the dead to fill.
The peasants made a new friend,
What a thrill!
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Submitted by RonaldBunch on April 07, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDDDDEEEFFGGHIJJIKLMLMKKNNOPPMKKQKKKRK |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 804 |
Words | 161 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 40 |
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