Unknown Enemy



Unbeknownst to me; my unknown enemy
Amidst my dreams and happy memory
Pledged to a sinister goal of treachery;
I always nothing but his melody.
And thusly I pipe and flute for all
whom my enemy does rightly call
And shall you know his embrace
always haunting; unmoved by grace.
Tis not an entity privy to how and why
But the remants of a soul left to die.
Now his thoughts and mine are one
his pain mine until time is done;
Empty vessals of little conviction
soon shall you suffer my affliction.
To be captained and never set free
controlled by an unknown enemy.

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Submitted on September 02, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAAABBCCDDEEEEAA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 556
Words 106
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16

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