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Night in Purgatory

Traian06

It's cold
my body's burning
around? fog

i gather my strength
raise the collar
walking? so hard

spirits screaming
beasts are howling
hell? a step behind

i feel fear
slowly it creeps in
outside? dark

the road's getting tougher...

must
continue

it's still dark

chin up
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Submitted by Traian06 on August 29, 2022

Modified by Traian06 on October 10, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAX XBX AAX XXC B XX C
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 273
Words 55
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 1, 2, 1
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