Before The Fall



Standing tall
before the fall
life was a thrall from call to call.

Tumbling sprawl
during the fall
life was a maul from pall to pall.

Crawling small
after the fall
life was a stall from gall to gall.

Rising bawl
over the fall
life was a brawl from ball to ball.

Above all
another fall
life must recall from small to tall.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 307
Words 63
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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