Colours One
Two men of colours white and black
Battling as foes, lay dying on a track
Their colour or creed mattered none
For blood that gushed had colours one
Whatever our colour or creed
At birth on mother’s milk we feed
Mother, father, daughter or son
We are human and we are one
As the world goes around
By compassion let’s be bound
When we part after life’s work done
Say we were diverse, but we were one
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Written on September 15, 2018
Submitted by jn.selvadurai on April 25, 2024
Modified by jn.selvadurai on May 10, 2024
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | A A B B C C B B D D B B |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 420 |
| Words | 92 |
| Stanzas | 12 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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