The Lady With The Lamp
Bloody bunkers, cloth raptured in tears and sweat,
soldiers asleep, shivering from their regret,
eyes tightly closed, clenched fists of the brave,
she is an angel in this dormitory of pain,
keep watching until their suffering wanes
The Lady With The Lamp makes her rounds,
her rag of a dress glides, her feet make comforting sounds,
she brings to them water and kind word,
nursing them with food and liquid and empathetic eyes,
singing sweet songs and tales of family ties
Hearts beating weakly in the shield of the night,
soldiers struggling to stay alive with all of their might,
shallow breaths, death knocking at the door,
out of the darkness shines the dancing flickers of her lantern,
the dim light of hope in the hollows of the tavern
When she's no longer even a memory, and just a name,
written down in history books of her kindly fame,
God bless each soldier now and then,
she'll visit them and bring them safe to shore,
pulling them from the memories of war.
In the halls of the dying where the soldiers lie,
going in and out of consciousness with groans and sighs,
death's rapping on the door, he calls their names,
the pain in their stomachs waves and cramps,
and in comes the angel of the dying, the seraph of hope
The Lady With The Lamp.
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Submitted by pppoopoo123 on August 08, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAXXX BBXCC DDEFF GGXEE XCXXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,226 |
Words | 226 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 6 |
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