DEMON SEED
the demon of Want
is the brother of Need
poor simple farmers
out planting their seed
for lively Ambition
whose hunger they feed
and starving young children
Necessity and Greed
Necessity grew
little Greedy grew fat
Invention and Progress
were born after that
both suffered greatly
and died for the sins
of Corruption, Destruction
the evilest twins
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Submitted by BB8MITH on August 13, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXABABA XCXCXDBD |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 351 |
Words | 62 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
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