DEATH PROVES A MAN HOPELESS
The creeping hand of death doth move
And in its moving smites,
In cutting down our hopes and dreams
Death’s creeping hand delights.
‘The good die young,” or so they say
The bad can live forever,
As our hopes and dreams doth fade
Death makes our future never.
We strive to live a long, full life
But death can change our plans,
So future dreams can fade away
If that’s what death demands.
As childhood passes quick away
And adulthood doth take hold,
Our dreams are of a full, rich life
Yet all too soon we’re old.
The creeping hand of death doth move
At night around your darkened room,
Death has come to call on you
And life must end too soon.
THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
About this poem
(Dedicated to Herman Melville)
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Written on July 05, 2008
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on June 30, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | Abbb bcxc dbeb efdf Axxx xbx |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 704 |
Words | 134 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
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