80-year-old poem
In an attic dark and musty
Lay a trunk old and dusty
Locked inside are relics fair
A shiny lock of golden hair
A baby pictured, faded and torn
A tiny shoe, scuffed and worn
Some letters written in childish hand
And pictures saved of a fairyland
The only memories left of a little girl
No more the bounce of golden curls
No more the sunny impish smile
For she was made to say goodbye
To join God's playground in the sky.
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Submitted on April 24, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABBCCDDEFGHH |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 407 |
Words | 82 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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