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Human

Drey-Ellis Jones 2005 (Alabama)

Free verse
Arise behemoth!

There is light shining in the night.

Roar leviathan!

Evil strides through your waters.

Spread your fangs, Basilisk!

Rid the world of its poisons.

Wake up, Blemmyae!

Expose the hideousness of man.

Come out, Chimera!

Men are looking for you.

Feast Alucard!

The blood of man boils over.

Poor Death

You glutton!

About this poem

My teacher told me to paint my soul through this poem, so I did.

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Written on May 02, 2022

Submitted on May 02, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X X X A X X A X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 349
Words 79
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
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