Last Poison Dart
Do you seek protection
from being alive
A turtle in its shell,
a bee in its hive
Do you lust for new armor,
to cover your heart
To shield truth inflicted
—that last poison dart
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on April 05, 2017
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on August 24, 2019
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Scheme | XA XA XB XB X |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 208 |
Words | 39 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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