TO LIVE
..........TO LIVE........
To know what is true,
We must understand it lies.
To know what is right,
We must know wrong.
To finish,
We must start.
To rise,
We must fall.
To love,
We must hurt.
To live,
We must die.
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For us who wonder why we know left from right.
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Written on December 02, 2018
Submitted by remedisalam on September 26, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | Axb xx xx bx xx Ax |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 238 |
Words | 60 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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