1800 TO 1899



   I am the war
Of 1812.
   I am Standard Oil  
Dripping with wealth.

   I am Edgar Allen Poe
And Beethoven.
   I am the first time the
Kentucky Derby opens.

   I am the battle at
Wounded knee.
   I am the giving of the Statue
Of Liberty.

   I am the sewing machine
Gets a Patent.
   I am Darwin and Uncle
Tom's cabin.

   I am Abe Lincoln and the
Gettysburg Address.
   I am they place Geronimo
Under arrest.

   I am Jack the ripper and
Sherlock Holmes.
   I am Alexander Graham Bell  
And the telephone.

   I am the book Alice in
Wonderland.
   I am the Eli Whitney and
Thomas Edison.

   I am the Lewis and Clark
Expedition.
   I am the first Olympic game
Competition.

   I am the opium war and the
Louisiana Purchase.
   I am Florence Nightingale
At your service.

   I am the Kodak camera
In a box.
   I am the new,
Chicago White sox.

    Turbo1904

About this poem

A CENTURY.

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Written on January 13, 2023

Submitted by Turbo1904 on January 16, 2023

Modified on March 16, 2023

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Scheme XXXX ABCX XDED XXXB CXAX FXXX XXFB XBXB CGXG CHEH
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 900
Words 202
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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