Can The Weary Word Survive?
Here the weary word comes to die,
in my lap, on the sly, whisper gasp.
With twisted leg n' arm, letters cry,
while I hammer a tongue and hasp.
This hinged box I keep to entomb,
the lock and key to exhume trade.
The corpses forlorn, in bored ruin,
a funeral march in endless parade.
This, a would be poet's confession,
I tire of flowery prose, double dose.
Of viral rhyme I'll take a secession,
n' prolific wane, curtails future posts.
Muse is on crucifix of timely demise,
has nothing more to say or expound.
Deader thus, coming as no surprise,
in future, I shall no longer be found!
TBollinger
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Submitted on August 03, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | ABAB XCDC DXDX EFEF |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 578 |
| Words | 110 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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