A Poem for America



America the Beautiful
 America the great
 If this is true
 Why was this our fate?
 Was it something we did?
 Was it something we said?
 Even if so
 Do all those people deserve to be dead?
 We are going through horror
 We are going through pain
 Yet we are not to worry
 For justice we shall gain
 We must pray and stick together
 Pray and be strong
 Finding the one responsible will not take too long
 And when we do find them
 We will make them pay
 And that my brothers and sisters
 Will be the most glorious day!
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCBDEFEGHIHGJJKLML
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 497
Words 99
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19

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