Weltschmerz* 1
There comes a time for smug stuffed shirts
when the truth is known,
notwithstanding the weltschmerz, we all must airs disown.
There comes a loss of innocence
when the truth is known,
notwithstanding recompense, we all must still atone.
There comes a time for grave alerts
when the truth is known,
notwithstanding the weltschmerz, we all must die alone.
There comes a phase of countervails
when the truth is known,
notwithstanding fairy-tales, we all must czars dethrone.
\*World-weariness; sadness felt at the difference between
physical reality and the ideal state.
[From German Weltschmerz (VELT-shmerts), from Welt (world)
Schmerz (pain).]
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Submitted on January 02, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | aBbcBbaBbaBbdefg |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 629 |
Words | 100 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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