WHIP-POOR-WILL
Ken Bartlett 1934 (Leominsterr Mass)
Whip-poor-will, whip-poor-will where have you gone?
On these summer nights, I so miss your song!
When you came calling up close and near;
at the end of your greeting a cluck, I could hear.
Did the fox or the coyote discover your nest?
Did cupids arrow miss hitting your breast?
Whip-poor-will, whip-poor-will where did you go?
Whip-poor-will, Whip-poor-will, I do miss you so.
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Submitted by compostken on October 05, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XXXX AABB |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 393 |
Words | 71 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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