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