Helen
The soldiers...the Ships and the Women in particular
have no idea on how to give commands.
Arranged in a way it couldn't be worse
it seems strange to them that despite all that
they have acted so sincerely.
After the ceremonial extinguishing of the Fires
and the fall of bodies into Hell
someone was found
who had given them the order
that there was no longer any need to act.
So as you see
the war has ended
and now the autobiographies have to be written
which to be as complete as possible
it was decreed they should be confessions
having as their narrative key
presumptuousness and command.
The poeticism of the Gods, however,
which would have been able to cover up the WorldÕs scandals
went up in flames along with the Cities.
And while writing they recall for yet another time
these Cities alive...
and the People too...
with the past of which
all the Recollections have an unavoidable
and mortal bond
and end their confession in that way...
that it would always remain a revolting Nightmare
and the way they had been betrayed would never be able
to be transformed into a Fairy-Tale.
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Submitted on March 07, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AX XXB XXXAX BXXCXBX AXX XXX XCXXXCX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,138 |
Words | 197 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 5, 7, 3, 3, 7 |
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