Parable Life



Isn't life a parable

The grandest tree of all
And like peaches falling

Falling in the fall

The scratched color purple

The purple on its back
And like a dark rainbow

Reindeers locked in racks

Isn't life a parable

Panorama on a wall
And like a breath is taken

Taken by the fall

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A bx b a xx x A bx b
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 272
Words 55
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1

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