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This Ain’t No Norman Rockwell

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)

If no one ever listened
If no one ever heard
The things these ears have taken in
Would just seem so absurd

I’ve seen a rich man stumble
Perverse in all his ways
I’ve seen a wise man strong but poor
Get cursed and sent away

They all refused to listen
When he stood up for the truth
They locked him up; they shut him down
They killed him in his youth
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Written on November 09, 2016

Submitted by dawg4jesus on June 20, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA XXXX XBXB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 354
Words 74
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
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