THE WORD



i die today
i know i shall
what's said can never be unheard

kill my body
though they may
they may not touch my precious word

in the beginning
was the word
now near the end my flaming sword

that wielded high
both strong and free
forever claims my life's reward
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Submitted by BB8MITH on May 21, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXB CAB XBD XCD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 265
Words 57
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3

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