you were told



you were told don't let your world become evil
yet you ignored a cry for your people
England boss's your American crowds
yet you were told that wasn't in future world allowed
you were warned London was falling when yet
twin towers ruled
and you were told London had evil in it
when you yet ruled your schools
oh for the sake of your life's
you visited my mother's house
and heeded the Lords advise
yet they mock your very foundations
and a new show coming
where an English host
swears they own the forces
and their really something
why did the revolutionary war exist
when you let London
take over separate forces with
so many problems from across the sea
they're really mocking you
when they spent their time against me

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don't lose your American status

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Written on December 18, 2022

Submitted by xspert on December 19, 2022

Modified on March 17, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCDEFGHIJKLMNLOPQRSR
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 721
Words 133
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 22

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