Very Puzzling
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
How can you put together a puzzle that is not cut into pieces?
The puzzle of but one piece is the most difficult to figure out!
Everything I have you gave me!
All I need so you can save me.
Children are grown with expansions.
But they are born with painful contractions.
Without testing you might not know how sick you are.
Hold back those who are staggering toward death!
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Written on March 29, 2020
Submitted by dawg4jesus on May 21, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XX AABB XX |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 374 |
Words | 79 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 2 |
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