The Show
There's a whisper in the distance
There's a voice
There is life
There's a shadow there for instance
Struggling to keep its existence alive
For once its heart started beating
So quickly had it faded away
It began, I heard it moaning
I blinked, it was the end of its days
I watched life rapture here before me
The breath of life, no more
I'd attempt to capture what ought to be
but no man ever had before
Not even God himself was quick enough to outwit father time
Life of one man happened faster than a flash
as soon as the being hit its prime
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Submitted by Missy1008 on May 24, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 527 |
Words | 106 |
Stanzas | 16 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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