And the days are not full enough
And the days are not full enough
And the nights are not full enough
And life slips by like a field mouse
Not shaking the grass
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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| Scheme | AABC |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 137 |
| Words | 28 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
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