What they don't know
The night was pitch black
From time to time shots were fired
And our hearts desired
Everyone was tired
Don’t let yourself fall asleep
Or you might not say a bleep
Struggling with a dead man
I shall never know
But I walk with a mad man in the snow
The camp is like a terror
But for Hitler, it’s like a pleasure
Days go by and we can’t tell time
We would really like a well
But I want a world where there's no bell
I hear someone far away and they’re starting to yell
About this poem
It is based on a book called Night by Elie Wiesel.
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Written on May 09, 2022
Submitted by cwrightrhene on May 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABBBCCDEEFFGHHH |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 474 |
Words | 97 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
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