Ode to Death
Oh death - downbelow with the souls of the forgotten
The lives you have taken, some worthy, others not so much
As the corpses seem to be rotten
You hold millions of souls in your clutch
When the time comes,
You reappear,
Ready to use your powers.
All we hear are drums,
Then a cheer,
The time will then be ours.
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Submitted by BBaker on May 13, 2022
Modified on April 13, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB CDECDE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 312 |
Words | 67 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6 |
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