The Road of Life
has no
stoplights,
green lights,
rest
areas,
or U-Turns,
just one
onramp
and one
offramp.
That's it.
Enjoy
the ride.
About this poem
As the Russian poet Boris Pasternak said of metaphor: "it is the shorthand of the gods."
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Written on January 01, 2024
Submitted on February 27, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XX XX AB AB XX |
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Characters | 130 |
Words | 36 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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