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It had To Happen

Robert Friedberg

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It had to happen
With feet a tappin
Listening to the rappin
For four Seasons overlapping

The Earth was a sapling
Budding and mapping
Oceans started dabbling
Beasts wings and arms a flapping

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Quirky poem about Human Nature

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Written on August 25, 2022

Submitted by robertfriedberg on August 25, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXAB BBBB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 194
Words 38
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
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Robert Friedberg

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