To Bleed



There is a paling canvas,
a life with too much to shed.
There is an early winter,
where snow only falls red.

- Asher J. Bond
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Submitted on September 02, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 120
Words 26
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 1

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