ATTUCKS! (or Among the first to die) Independence Day Challenge
ATTUCKS! (Among the first to die)
Enough! The redcoats abound!
The colonies we have made
Our home, this land
Here, I am a black
Native of the soil this
Boston proper and yet
They push and shove the young
Do we not serve the same king?
Do we not worship the same Lord?
Tyranny? Oppression? Perhaps
Here we will make a stand
Even if the cobble stone streets
Must run red with our blood…
(Happy fourth of July!)
Soundtrack: “Do Nothing till you hear from me- Sonny Sttit”
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Submitted on August 21, 2014
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| Scheme | A XXB XXX XXX XBX X A A |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 459 |
| Words | 89 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1, 1, 1 |
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