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IF I DIE NOW

CLIFORD CLAYDEN 2000 (Migori)

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If I die now,
Lay me on the alphabets
Beneath the white soils

If I did now,
Do not mourn me in black
do not cry nor lack

If I die now,
Put me in your stories
and say it loud,
Here lies the ink of a wordsmith.

About this poem

The poem though in a back handed way, is sending a will, presumably of a writer, that he/she should be remembered in writing and or through his/her writing ( alphabets) ,and be a living memory through books, symbolized by white soil..

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Written on May 13, 2020

Submitted by clifclayd on February 25, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme Abb acc Abxx
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 211
Words 54
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 4
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