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"Bed Dead"

J. Stearns

Limerick
I woke up on a bed
I wished I wasn’t dead
So I went back to sleep
The woke up to a beep
Then remembered I ate some lead

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Waking up just to realize that you are dead

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Written on June 03, 2021

Submitted by s28107969 on June 03, 2021

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABBA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 119
Words 29
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
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