The Tickle
Gamaliel Bradford 1863 (Boston, Massachusetts) – 1932
I like to read confessions
As lengthy as Rousseau's,
With all their slow processions
Of innumerable woes.
I revel in Cellini,
Augustine, Amiel
Dumas's Memoirs so sheeny,
Lies no one else could tell.
I love each peccadillo
Of honest Mr. Pepys,
Confided to his pillow
Before his conscience sleeps.
But I prefer in verses
To hand my life to time:
You may forgive what worse is
For tickle of the rhyme.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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| Scheme | AAAX BCBC CACX XDXD |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 391 |
| Words | 73 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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