Guilty or Not Guilty
Walt Sisikin 1953 (Santiago)
Guilty or not Guilty
That is the Question
Whether it is best to admit the crime
Or have me found guilty by trial
Is not the answer
To exonerate me from the wrongs that have been wrought by me
Upon the multitudes that I know intimately
Would be to throw me into the abyss of denial and satisfaction,
That only a guilty person may feel upon his release from justice
Guilty or not Guilty
That is the question
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Written on December 01, 2023
Submitted by wsisikin on December 01, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABcdeaabfAB |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 407 |
Words | 80 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
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