Lessons
Standing, watching Camelot burn,
a tragedy all around -
A broken king, his crumpled queen,
in pieces on the ground.
The world they knew stopped turning,
game-set-match, it’s done -
And truth be told, we never knew,
their ending had begun.
The little prince and princess,
will grow up strong and true -
They’ll dream of love that never ends,
like fairytales often do.
And as the weary king and queen,
move on their separate ways-
They’ll gather strength from deep inside,
to face the coming days.
Their world will slowly turn again,
though not quite as before -
For lessons learned, when Camelot burned,
will last forevermore.
About this poem
The heartache and surprise of watching the demise of the “perfect” family. A tragedy of lost love.
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Written on March 02, 1999
Submitted by lanhamleslie on August 30, 2022
Modified by lanhamleslie on October 01, 2022
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCBDEFEGFHFCIJIKLML |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 658 |
Words | 123 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
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