I can see the bullets fly,
I can hear the machine guns roar.
Countless people fall and die,
Yet no one wants to end the war.
Everyone wishes it would all stop now,
But for the pride of our country,
We won’t back down.
Everyone runs over the line,
As soon as the commander blows the whistle.
The line between life and death is now so fine,
Especially if you see a missile.
No matter what, everyone ends with a frown,
But for the pride of our country,
We won’t back down.
As I waited time struck me on the face,
While I wondered when the war would end,
While I wondered when the war would end,
And as I looked out at space,
I saw the painfull death of my friend.
Then the gas filled our lungs till we drown,
Yet for the pride of our country,
We won’t back down.
I saw the painfull death of my friend.
Then the gas filled our lungs till we drown,
Yet for the pride of our country,
We won’t back down.
No, we won’t back down.
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2 comments:
Hey, great poem! I really enjoyed reading it! The thing i liked most about it was rhyming scheme. It was a great way to write this poem. Also, you picked powerful themes of world war one to write about which helped set a mood for the poem. If I was to suggest a change it would to be more powerful words while describing the weapons. Again, great poem!
Hey Paolo,
I like how you keep on repeating "But we won't back down", it adds this feeling in the poem of motivation, and it also plays a really important role in the poem...your rhyming sounds as if you had planned it from before, like you desperately wanted it all to fit...overall good job on the poem!
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