War
These boots on my feet
Battered and beat
They’ll march over land
To war
Polished boot cheery black
They’re starting to crack
They’ll march overland
To war
Battered and beat
Blistered red feet
They’ll march overland
To war
As I carry my gear
My weapon my gear
They’ll march overland
To war
I cannot escape
This hellish state
As I march overland
To war
As for the fallen
So be forgotten
No march no land
No more
About this poem
I’m an ex soldier And this is my take on going to war
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Written on May 14, 2023
Submitted by David.Ferguson.No1 on September 23, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | aAbC ddbC AaBC eeBC xxbC ffbc |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 450 |
Words | 105 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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