The Strong and the Weak
Sitting in one corner
Life Passes by
She sits there shuttering, sputtering
Looking death in the eye
Shaking, quaking, oh so still
Suddenly trembling
absent is the will
The strong grasps the weak
she struggles to survive
No longer can she stare up into the strong's distant eyes
Tears gather frantically
Gasp after gasp, Desperately struggling
to free of the Angel of Death's grasp
One flinch, just one
Then, numb go her nerves,The weak is now strong
But the strong is still stronger
She holds her breath
just a little longer
As she slumps in the corner The poor weak girl
Wailing, flailing, until time stands MORTALLY still
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Submitted on April 15, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCB DCD XXX XCX XXA XAX D |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 604 |
Words | 109 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
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