Ich lege mich zum Sterben nieder

Michael Drewes 1944 (Herzhausen)



Ich lege mich zum Sterben nieder,
die ganze Welt ist mir zuwider.
Ich bin müde, hab sie satt,
seit langem fresse ich kein Blatt.
Das bin ich, die Meckerziege,
wenn ich schon im Sterben liege.
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Written on December 11, 2023

Submitted by lev-drewes on December 11, 2023

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Scheme AABBCC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 192
Words 40
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6

Michael Drewes

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