A House Bought in Fear of His Wife

Steven Bowman 1997 (Voorhees Township, NJ)



It was the nightfall of summer,
A man wanted to buy a house.
Just he knew it is a real comer,
Puts it in his own name Straus.

Mr. Straus wanted it very quick,
He wrote down the rent pricing.
Hope its low, or he won't buy it,
I want it low, it's all to my liking.

He needs this to become his own,
What do I need for an experience?
Just I wanted to call this my home,
For a house, needing a cleanliness.

He's happy to buy his first house,
Just couldn't wait to check inside.
He lives far away from his spouse,
Living here so if he needs to hide.

About this poem

This poem is from 2015.

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Written on 2015

Submitted by stevenbowman319 on May 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB XCXC XXXX BDBD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 546
Words 131
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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