The Best and Brightest
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Your best and brightest days will be
The ones that you have spent with me
Before the trials came along
To mess up what was going on
But you can have them back again
If you’ll forget those other men
Your husband is still calling dear
Come back to him and he’ll draw near
He wants to hear what you will say
Just like before you went away
Just like the times you walked with me
Before you had eaten from that tree
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Written on October 28, 2016
Submitted by dawg4jesus on July 29, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAXX BB CCDD AA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 417 |
Words | 86 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 4, 2 |
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