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Epitaph

Wallace Dean LaBenne

What will be the chronicle
noted of your course?
What tracks will epitomize the life that you source?

What will be the legacy
handed to your heir?
What gifts will epitomize the life that you share?

What will be the eulogy
spoken at your wake?
What praise will epitomize the life that you make?

What will be the heritage
lauded of your place?
What rank will epitomize the life that you grace?

What will be the epitaph
written on your stone?
What words will epitomize the life that you own?
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAA BCC BDD XEE XFF
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 474
Words 90
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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