The Rapist.



Such wrenching ache unique to her gender
 Disembarked upon her fleshy thighs.
 The cold fury of a vicious stranger
 Left her ravaged soul with a broken sigh.

 She laid whimp'ring in a pool of own blood
 Oozing from her sanctuary, now made bare.
 With dying breath, she beseeched starry horde
 To show her pity and soften their stare.

 In this hellish nightmare, she complained not;
 Remembering with clarity the caution
 thrown to the wind, the many times she'd fought
 to parade nudity- was this her portion?

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 Bloodied, unassuaged of lust; he crouched still
 Shivering with wild passion, deformed and dark.
 In fevered anticipation, he willed
 Yet another victim pass by that track.

 Suddenly, the heavens broke loose and wept,
 Howling and hurling massive thunderbolts.
 On the muddy ground, he mortally crept-
 a smould'ring wreck charred by a thousand volts.
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Submitted on June 26, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAX XCXC XDXD XXXX EBEX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,020
Words 160
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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