Invasions, Wars Or Peace? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBAABEFGHHIHHJHHK HHKHHLHHMHHMHHMHHKHH MHH NHistory bears witness to atrocities | A |
Nations on nations have wrought | B |
Mankind s never satisfied for less | C |
A perennial immoral pandemic it is | D |
Immense suffering it has brought | B |
Uproot world s reeling economies | A |
Recurring diseases and crises | A |
Besides the invasion being fought | B |
Even superpowers are speechless | E |
Twin evils of wars and diseases | F |
Wreck the fragile peace we ve got | G |
Mankind s not learnt past lessons | H |
Genghis Hitler and Ozymandias | H |
All powerful once reduced to dust | I |
Not lessons enough for all of us | H |
Can we erase forms and systems | H |
Keeping our own quite intact | J |
Wars entail loss of innocent lives | H |
Ruin hard built infrastructures | H |
Makes the invader a pariah to rut | K |
No virtue or trust one had once | H |
Doing no one any good hence | H |
For more power fame or what | K |
There s no justification or justice | H |
All religions clearly preach peace | H |
It s never late to make a turnabout | L |
Learnt in all our formative years | H |
All through our schooling lives | H |
To care to share to have a heart | M |
Reap what you sow the Bible says | H |
The law of Karma too so mentions | H |
It s now or never to make a start | M |
Let s stop more harm and deaths | H |
Be among the respected leaders | H |
Be a world hero and play your part | M |
Stop any more wars and invasions | H |
Go down in History not as a curse | H |
But a blessing in disguise or what | K |
Let s all forever embrace peace | H |
A good life is never ever a breeze | H |
To live and let live is always an art | M |
A science too with some prejudice | H |
In faith hope and God s blessings | H |
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Dr Siva Mahendran | N |
Siva Mahendran
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 11/13/2022
Poet's note: A sincere and heartfelt poetic message for warring world leaders.
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