Untitled Document- Posterity
Michael Ullom 2004 (Fayetteville)
I feel like an immortal being,
Juxtaposed with youthful volition,
Meager enough to lack great meaning,
Yet verbose enough for existence.
I am a pinprick drop of blood,
Flowing softly through a skinless vein;
Ambition not my own, tells me should,
Yet this destined weight marks: all is vain.
Another eve hangs lowly now,
For she is an ageless time of day;
Cast from such a celestial glow,
So as we speak, who records our say?
An ember dwindling to exhaust,
Rekindled with a flame upon flame;
Posterity demands a damned cost,
Within this cage, will the next be the same?
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Written on February 23, 2023
Submitted by michaelu.47366 on February 23, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXAX XBXB XCXC XDXD |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 571 |
Words | 119 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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