Slaughter On The Campus (Virginia Tech)
A crazy leaves a ghastly wake of death and broken lives,
choosing all reason to forsake
as slaughter he contrives.
A madman offers no defense for his lethal attacks,
choosing all reason to incense
as slaughter he unpacks.
An angry man did traumatize unsuspecting students,
choosing all reason to excise
as slaughter he presents.
A lunatic shoots at random everybody who moves,
choosing all reason to benumb
as slaughter he approves.
He kills, before his suicide, thirty two innocents,
choosing all reason to deride
as slaughter he accents.
Font size:
Submitted on January 13, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 26 sec read
- 1 View
Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXA XXA BXB CXC BXX |
---|---|
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 525 |
Words | 88 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Slaughter On The Campus (Virginia Tech)" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/84270/slaughter-on-the-campus-(virginia-tech)>.
Discuss the poem Slaughter On The Campus (Virginia Tech) with the community...
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In