Sagacity



Darkness,
  the beginning path
Burns brightest
  at the end

Storm clouds
  over a troubled youth
Success now on
  the mend

Struggles, trials,
  and failures past
Just fuel,
  to keep you warm

Sagacity,
  the final truth
Eyes seeing past
  the harm

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on June 16, 2016

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAB XCXB XDXX ACDX X
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 270
Words 44
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 1

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    Very nice!
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