Thy Spoilt Flower



O' innocent one, thou art ruined.
Thy silent lust that flies in the night
Has found out thy sinful thoughts and
Devoured them greedily in the dark.
Sorrowfully, your innocence was lost
In that moment of destruction
Sweet flower of a child, now ruined
Made into a woman too soon
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Written on June 30, 2008

Submitted by Vixen41 on August 05, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABACDEAF
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 270
Words 50
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8

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