WHITE KNIGHT



woe to the brave and valiant man
who fears no sword nor blade of knife
who felled by love may bleed to death
upon her shards of shattered life
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Submitted by BB8MITH on May 21, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 143
Words 30
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

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