When the Sea Levels Rise
Michael Drewes 1944 (Herzhausen)
When the sea levels rise,
we all shall drown.
New York will be a legend
and an underwater town.
When the glaciers melt,
go, sell your real estate,
before it is too late,
and the water reaches to your neck!
When the ice caps thaw,
then Greenland will be truly green.
When the ice caps thaw,
then Florida shall not be seen.
When the sea levels rise,
we all shall drown.
New York will be a legend
and an underwater town.
When the world heats up,
we all shall die,
and man will be a legend,
a forever vanquished dream.
Care for your lakes and rivers,
lest they be dirty slivers,
and the wildlife dies all out!
And all the landmass
will be an underwater mess.
When the sea levels rise,
we all shall drown.
New York will be a legend
and an underwater town.
When the sea levels rise,
we all shall drown.
New York will be a legend
and an underwater town.
About this poem
I wanted to awaken consciousness about our environment as it is affected by climate change caused by human activity.
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Written on 2013
Submitted by michaeld.67199 on September 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | ABCB xddx EfEf ABCB xxcx ggxxx ABCB ABCB |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 887 |
| Words | 203 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4 |
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