One Burial Too Many
-father and son gone
-just like that in a crash
-with one burial too many
-a dark clouds of numbness
-hungs over the deceased home
-the feelings of painful loss
-takes indiscribeable entry
-on the their strained faces
-with a stoic mien
-to keep hopes alive...
By: Ofuonyebi 'Dinobi (C) September, 2013.
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Submitted on October 15, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXAXXXAXXX X |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 294 |
Words | 52 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 1 |
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