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Reason

Wallace Dean LaBenne

Don't peruse sum strata
They don't want to yearn
Don't confuse with data
They don't want to learn

Don't transfuse by regale
They don't want to grow
Don't bemuse with detail
They don't want to know

Don't reuse path process
They don't want to strain
Don't abuse with practice
They don't want to train

Don't excuse for treason
They don't want to blink
Don't infuse with reason
They don't want to think
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Submitted on January 13, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CDCD XEXE FGFG
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 383
Words 72
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
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