In this world of ours,
Yo no naka wa kutte hako shite nete okite
Sate sono ato wa shinuru bakari zo
In this world of ours,
We eat only to cast out,
Sleep only to wake,
And what comes after all that
Is simply to die at last.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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| Scheme | AB BAXAA |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 208 |
| Words | 45 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 5 |
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