Dying Legions
Training the enemy within,
universities soldier on
Unchecked and unaccountable
They march to the beat of the
government drum
Tearing us apart from the inside
While Rome burns
—and Legionnaires die
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2014)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 20, 2018
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 231 |
Words | 35 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1 |
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