The Rot



The Rot
The modern World –
The Oops in Whole
As if is bold
Like chasing Goal,

As if far sees
And close brings
To Truth release
From Rocks and Brinks...

Two Holes in Oops –
Those Spectacles
Like Pair of Scoops
For many Pales,

Fetch smelly Mud
Of Imagery
For every Nut
That dares break free:

The One that has
The Choice to choose,
The deeds to do,
The Lost to lose, –

The One, that’s like
The modern World,
That Flesh of Blood
Throws into Rot…
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Submitted on January 12, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme aBcxc xxxx dxdx efxf xgxg xBea
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 440
Words 90
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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