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The last ship

Sibongile Faith Machali 2001 (Mgobode)

Sonnet
The brown box of sorrow
Placed in that dull room
I stood there hoping to see you again
Tears filled my face ,
People whining and crying
Some stood around that brown box
You were immobile,
I wished to see your countenance
You were unrecognizable
The brown box of sorrow
Kept your cadaver
We accompanied you to your last room
Room without light
People roaming around the grass of your room
You were inside and immobile

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This poem is about a dead person. Who got a car accident and his face was now unrecognizable.

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Written on January 03, 2023

Submitted by faithsbongile0 on January 03, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AbcdefghgAibjbg
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 417
Words 77
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
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