Of the penultimate
Mark Cloutier 1972 (Kaneohe)
Left to my own devices
A devious domain remains
Schemes of eternity
Methods to the madness
To it all
Leave everyone with a loss
A loss of speech
And a impediment
Of foot in mouth
And a kick in the ass
With teething and seething
Rabid foaming
Once bitten by ratts
The darkness
Covers the light inside
In me it reigns a supreme song
And a first ruler
Who led all astray
He was struck down
And he can't escape the wrath
Of the penultimate
And the look of majestic states
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Written on May 18, 2015
Submitted by Markcloutier on October 02, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKKLDMNOPQRST |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 446 |
Words | 91 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 22 |
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