Feverish Tongues
I swear I saw the lights flickering
Somewhere I hear the ravens bickering
“Who’s going to tell him?”
My blood is warm my heart is quickening
The short strawed raven now is beckoning
Through, into the curtains
The wind won’t blow the trees are whispering
They hush whenever I start listening
There’s something here I must be missing it
From your
Feverish tongues
Comes no grace
Spark no flames
Towards your
Reaper I’ve run
Blind ashamed
Of your hate
About this poem
A song that I’m proud of
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Written on June 19, 2023
Submitted by solomondpehrson on January 29, 2024
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 467 |
Words | 87 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 4, 4 |
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