Vitam Aut Mortem
Is this life we live,
the life we know,
really death
from another plane
Is the hurt we suffer,
and the struggle we bear,
the result
of another realm
Are the visions we see,
and the insights unnamed,
but a window
into that world
Is what we call life,
what they call death,
with its reckoning
left untold
(Rosemont Pennsylvania: April, 2020)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on April 29, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABX XXXX XXAX XBXX X |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 323 |
Words | 62 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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