Flowers on a grave
A silencer on an a-bomb
A muzzle on a leviathan
A band aid for the plague
A Rennie for Kracotowa
and a hanky for swine flu
Such are flowers on a grave
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Submitted by leol.15970 on May 12, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | ABCDEF |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 145 |
| Words | 32 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
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