Insolence
Little girls so frilly,
Irresistible in their lace,
Nylon shoestrings, buckles all,
Innocence in the face!
They grow and then they change,
Pigtails turn to curls,
There must be something coming. . .
Impudence unfurled!
Nothing can you tell them,
Without the flounce of skirt,
The shift of eyebrows, tilt of head,
Even the expressions hurt.
Sheer effrontery is her game
Your calm emotions spent,
You try, you plead, then realize,
No words will make a dent!
c. Poetic Universalisms I by Lena Smith Carter, 2006
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XXXX XBXB XCXC X |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 492 |
Words | 84 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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