A Lesson Before Dying Hakui
Bars of Steel Hold back
Tears from my thoughts flow around
Hopes now vanished
About this poem
A quick lil poem about Jefferson in jail in chapter 9 this will be famous
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Written on February 28, 2023
Submitted by jason.yak71 on February 28, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | ABC |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 77 |
| Words | 14 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
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