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Carry Beyond

Mystic Shadow Man

In the immeasurable immensity
Of all that was, and is, and shall be,
Of what conceivable significance am I?

Are unseen shooting stars, blazing into life,
But incinerated into anonymous ash
In a mere millisecond flash,
Beautiful for a reason?

Do our momentarily emitted sound waves
Carry beyond our graves?
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Submitted by Mysticshadowman on February 22, 2021

Modified by Mysticshadowman on February 22, 2021

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXX XAAX BB
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 297
Words 50
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 2
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