Guilt
there exists no more certain
assassin of joy than that of
anger turned within
guilt's grim scepter
which the mind wields
with uncommon deft
to bring renewed complaint
at slightest urge
senseless ruin whose
vapid tongue hisses
only self-derision's name
nobility to confound
slacken then this twisted cord
and heal, for
guilt condemns the soul
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Submitted on August 09, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XXX AXX XXX XXX XAX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 327 |
Words | 55 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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