For my children



You trick me into smiles
You trance me into rhymes
My dearest children
Your love is one of a kind
Because indeed with you all I have found
Enriching moments and happiness deeply profound
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Submitted by beansbaxter on March 01, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 181
Words 34
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6

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  • sumera_j
    A mother 's love truly expressed
    LikeReply8 months ago

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