Earn A Soldier's Last Breath



Earn every soldier's last breath

Earn the freedom they gave us in death

Their sacrifice we can never assuage

From their valor we can never disengage

Everyday we should strive to earn their mortality

The only recompense is to give freedom immortality

We must live every second with honor

That their death never be a source of dishonor

They died to rid us of tyranny and oppression

Earn. . .. . .. . . this. . .. . .. . . Earn it.
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Submitted on November 11, 2010

Modified on March 18, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A A B B C C D D X X
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 419
Words 71
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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2 Comments
  • JLane
    Quite a poem. Thank you for sharing.
    LikeReply5 months ago
  • victordyck3
    AWESOME AND TRUE
    LikeReply2 years ago

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