Waiting In The Cold
Twilight,
Day surrendering
Light into
Submission,
Taking a knee
Before the night,
Entrusting its
Future
To a darkness
Unknown,
Waiting in the cold
—for dawn to return
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2018)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 06, 2018
Modified on March 08, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 202 |
Words | 31 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 1 |
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