Retreat
Retreat is the hardest sound a soldier hears.
The bugle calls and pierces a warrior’s heart.
Forward, ever forward! His courage calls!
Moving back is antithetical to everything he knows.
When he is called, however, he goes,
Because a good soldier always does what he’s told
Regardless of how his heart feels
“Live to fight another day,” the shrill sound beckons.
“But this was my day to die,” the warrior thinks.
“This was a good day to die.”
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The hardest sound a soldier hears
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Written on June 01, 2018
Submitted by mjgranger1 on June 09, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | X X X A A X X X X X |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 449 |
| Words | 81 |
| Stanzas | 10 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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