pause for thought...
copious comments styled within time
as copious people all stand in a line,
all frantic, wound as a ball of twine,
consuming each syllable
corperates and commoners mingled together,
each keep to the own and talk of the weather,
ones hands are soft, the others like leather
such is societies flaws
consider communities fraught with fear,
panic ensues at the slight smell of beer,
being pauper or posh means nothing here
for everyone feels the same
for everyone speaks of anothers day,
for bordem ticking each second away,
not wanting to be the first to complain,
so it all gets left unsaid
till its time to pay for their bread......
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Submitted on August 24, 2015
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAAX BBBX CCXX DDXE E |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 616 |
Words | 110 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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