After Court Martial
Francis Ledwidge 1887 (Slane) – 1917 (Boezinge)
My mind is not my mind, therefore
I take no heed of what men say,
I lived ten thousand years before
God cursed the town of Nineveh.
The Present is a dream I see
Of horror and loud sufferings,
At dawn a bird will waken me
Unto my place among the kings.
And though men called me a vile name,
And all my dream companions gone,
Tis I the soldier bears the shame,
Not I the king of Babylon.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AXAX BCBC DXDX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 382 |
Words | 81 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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