Gilbert and the Spiritual Ghost (6/10)
(Continued from 5/10)
When Gilbert reaches
the other side of the flying river
(as if the water was not flowing
But, remained still and seem
the boat was not floating on it
but flying),
while stepping down,
he asked the one eyed helmsman,
“how do I go back to my
home?”
The helmsman replied
in his usual voice,
“time travels fast,
thus the whispers of the forest,
I will know what to do next.”
Thus he took farewell and
approaches the dark forest-
unknown birds chirping,
wild wind was blowing,
coyotes were howling from the distant
even during the day
(because inside the dark forest,
it is so dark and it seems
always night).
He was afraid, but not that much
afraid, when his sisters face
was flashing before his eyes-
thus he took bold steps to
reach the destination.
Continued….
(Pure fiction.
Any similarity should be treated as mere coincidence.)
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Submitted by hakikur on January 27, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 890 |
Words | 188 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 10, 5, 9, 5, 2 |
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