Aftermath
My seething bloodin rage
Runs like subways through my veins.
Cruel Conductor!
You see my hair rising like heat
And my ruby skin before you,
But you turn
Then vanish like a tear in the soil;
And I must have worn the earth
As though it were my skin
For you seeped through it
And stained my soul!
But I will not remain
Like silent headstones.
I will rise loud and bold
Like monuments
For all the world to see!
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 391 |
Words | 80 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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