The World Lingers On
People are born
into the world
People die
out of the world
And the world
Lingers
on....
About this poem
The world is always on the move; as good things happen to some, bad things also happen to others. Every other thing seems normal.
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Written on May 30, 1997
Submitted by Chinonyeisraeluche on May 02, 2023
Modified on May 02, 2023
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| Scheme | XA XA AXX |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 90 |
| Words | 20 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 3 |
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