To Be Mean
To Be Mean
To be Live in the Dying, –
The Process of Birth, –
Is essential, crying-
Ly say feeling Loss,
And in it Gain proclaim,
Fighting back, killing Self:
Every Purpose let aim
To fulfill Core of Delve!..
Core of growing Sense
Midst emotions to feel:
Is it common, that dense
Perpetration of Kill?
Is it “known”, that learned
So negligent Grasp, –
Of the Prophecy worn,
Of Nightmare realized?..
In Belief Being’s felt
Only breathing in Trust,
And pulsating in Melt-
Ing of Spirit of Dust,
And entrusting, to lift
Let’s all Losses between
Crushing Waves by the Rifts
That approve what that mean!..
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Submitted on January 06, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABXBX CXCX DXDX XXXX EFEF XAXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 593 |
Words | 107 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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