Beyond Her Shield
Using me as a weapon
and not a shield
The Muse would
parry and thrust
Attacking with a message
that wouldn’t yield
She prowled my light hours
in disgust
The sword of my fathers
hers by right
To ensure
tonight’s salvation
Collapsing the moment
reversing my sight
Each cut
a revelation
All time was dead
its hours uncast
As she thundered out a
mystery
Her lightning destroying
all futures past
My soul
—in forced recovery
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on January 21, 2019
Modified on March 12, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AB XC XB DC DE XA XE XA XB XF XX XF X |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 464 |
Words | 79 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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