Ambition
Robert loughran 1962 (Ireland)
One reaction feeds another,
a circle of strife.
Expanding ever outwards,
a poor substitute for life.
More ignorance concretizes to fear,
more fodder for the corrupters.
To play their brutal game,
of us against the others.
A race to hell
a burning ambition
to destroy all our futures
in the name of their traditions
In denial of intelligence,
the worst of the crop,
have murdered and lied,
their way to the top.
About this poem
about the effect of the fear driven human mind on society
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Written on March 28, 2024
Submitted by robertl.92681 on March 28, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABA XBXC XXCX XDXD |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 416 |
Words | 87 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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