Check
Valiantstar 1961 (Sydney)
The peices are advancing, the pawns are taken out!
The rooks are trapped, bishops are no more.
The knights are dancing about.
The queen, in all her gory, is out on her own,
Covered on all sides, as the pawns march home.
The game is advancing, as pawns build the wall,
Not many moves left,
Someone, make the call.
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Written on October 19, 2023
Submitted by myway6119 on October 19, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 320 |
Words | 73 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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