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Waiting to strike

Arpan Dey 2004 (West Bengal)

Look at the sky
It's so quiet
It's reddish
It's waiting
For a storm
It'll soon be red

Look at them
They're quiet
They're calm
They're waiting
To strike
Waiting to strike

The sky is tired
Of seeing them
They've been
Wronged
For too long
They'll strike
The sky'll rise
Against them
Who've wronged
Them

Their piercing eyes
Only see revenge
They'll stop at
Nothing
Nothing at all
The sky'll growl
Chaos will reign
Everywhere
Until everything
Is finished

Once they start
You'll have
No place to flee
No place to hide
You'll pay
Pay for your deeds
For all your deeds
They'll not rest
Before that
They'll never rest

Look at the sky
It's so quiet
It's reddish
It's waiting
For a storm
It'll soon be red

Look at them
They're quiet
They're calm
They're waiting
To strike
Waiting to strike

Waiting to strike
Waiting to strike
Waiting to strike
Waiting to strike
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Submitted on April 09, 2021

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEF GBHDII xgxjxikgjg kxldxxxxdx xxxxxmmnln ABCDEF GBHDII IIII
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 795
Words 154
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 10, 10, 10, 6, 6, 4
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Arpan Dey

Arpan Dey, 16, is a high school student from India. He is interested in mathematics, modern physics, the metaphysics of science and interdisciplinary sciences. He is a young member of the Junior Academy of the New York Academy of Sciences. Several of his science articles have been published in Young Scientists Journal. He is also a senior member of the Young Scientists Journal editorial team. He likes to read and write in his leisure time. He has published with Amazon his book on the Harry Potter universe and also a collection of short stories. He wishes to pursue physics in the future. more…

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