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A Soldiers Prayer

The Greatest Love 1976 (Indiana)

We are solders who are at war,
As for enemies we have no more.
For our freedom and our rights,
We fight all day and all night.
Though it's hard to stay away,
For our families, we do pray.

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Written on September 23, 2021

Submitted by applehead0421511010 on September 24, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCDD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 186
Words 40
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
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