Saga of Manhood
Long, long ago
There was a boy
With war on his brain
And blood on his honour
Long, long ago
There was a man
With peace on his brain
And blood on his honour
Long, long ago
There was a battle
With blood on a sword
And a dead man standing
Long, long ago
There was a boy
With fury in his veins
And blood on his brain
Long, long ago
There was a boy
Who became a man
For want of his own; standing dead
Long, long ago
There was a man
With hatred in his blood
Who thrashed at the world
Long, long ago
There was a man-a boy;
For want of a father
To set him straight
Long, long ago
There was a man
Who ate at the world
That ate of him
So long ago
Now, long since
The man, really a boy
I stand in this
Black abyss they call Life
A lone warrior
Posing a question-
What went wrong?
About this poem
I tell the story of a man and a boy, since he couldn't tell it himself.
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Written on October 09, 2022
Submitted by belzies123 on October 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A B c D A E c D A x x x A B x c A B e x A E x f A b d x A E f x a x b x x d x x |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 816 |
Words | 214 |
Stanzas | 40 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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