The Marathon
Charles Gordon Fawcett 1945 (Mission British Columbia)
I came upon a sunlit dream
Reality of time .
Moving in the shadows
Of a place I cannot find .
I came upon a prophet
Of the future space to be .
A member of the stock exchange
A banking man to see .
His stocks and bonds and dividends
Weigh heavy on his mind.
As he plods along the city streets
A place where he might hide .
From the taxes and the people
From the truth he cannot see .
He's running through the city streets .
A man without a dream.
A crooked man a blind man ,
A peace he cannot find .
For the stocks and bonds and dividends
Weigh heavy on his mind .
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Submitted by Thasquelis on May 26, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | axxb xcxc dBex xcea xbdB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 601 |
Words | 111 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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