Baby Boomers Blues Notes

RickthePoetWarrior 1954 (Saint John, NB)



The constant strain

Too long a drain

Each aching pain

An old refrain

I’m near insane

No rest to gain

If in the main

My name I stain

I still maintain

No wake again

If that’s not plain

Goodbye
 

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From my book 'The Knowledge of the Bearded Clam'

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Written on January 01, 2015

Submitted by RickthePoetWarrior on January 14, 2022

Modified on March 06, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A A A A A A A A A X A
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 207
Words 50
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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