It NEVER rings.
Lisa Houghton-Williams 1965 (Ct.)
One day when I awoke I saw you standing there,
It seemed like the next day I awoke and the house was totally bare.
What did I truly do,
But really I just tried to help you.
I moved here for you this time,
You failed to give me so much as even a dime.
If I had known that it was so easy for you to toss me aside,
I would have NEVER came to being tossed OUTSIDE.
Instead I'm sitting here listening for this phone to ring,
It's then that I remember from the past that this phone NEVER RINGS.
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It NEVER rings.
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Submitted by Lisagw22565 on October 09, 2021
Modified on March 31, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABBCCDDEF |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 479 |
Words | 102 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
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