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Algorithms

Algorithms

Free verse
Algorithms

Peaceful words are like the rain

that has to fall from time to time

or else the forests prone to flames

may meet a spark and dim the sky

If rain flows as God intends

Then peace endures and flowers grow

But those who stop the words of peace

Destroy our one and only hope

Barry Landis
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Written on December 28, 2022

Submitted on December 28, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X X X X X X X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 302
Words 67
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
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