Wittgenstein Was Right
The sum of all possibility,
true nature of our soul
To act upon or take flight from,
virtues to extol
What may or may not happen,
to inspire or pretend
The choice is ours, the will empowers
—to flee or to ascend
(Bryn Mawr College: September, 2020)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on September 13, 2020
Modified on March 14, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 242 |
| Words | 47 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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