They'll Find Me Dead and Cold
They'll find me dead and cold,
Six feet under the land of the bold
My face will rot, and features fade,
As I decompose in the shade.
"Vultures pick at your weary bones"
I was told by old crones
"Your skull will be taken,
your soul forsaken"
I've taken my time now,
doing what I can
all in hopes that I'll die a man,
while they say with furrowed brow:
"He dies here, and he dies now."
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Written on 2021
Submitted by nicky-6 on November 13, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABB CCDD EFFEE |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 388 |
Words | 87 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5 |
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