What A Duck Can Not Do
Who can say what a duck can not do,
To see it jump from a lilypad like a frog.
And jumping to another done fast.
Who can say what a duck can not do,
One day to see that duck as a rat.
Then glide away like a pompous swan.
Then glide away like a pompous swan,
That rat.
Some days AND nights.
From dusk until dawn.
That rat.
Looking like a duck.
That rat.
Clever but will never be a swan.
That rat.
To be gone.
From dusk until dawn,
Much too long.
That rat.
And a duck can't undo,
Being eaten up by fat cats!
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Written on June 23, 2023
Submitted by lpahtillah on June 23, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | Axx AbC CBxCBxBcBcCxBax |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 508 |
Words | 129 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 15 |
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