The Runaway.



The monster is running from you.
I don't know if that is good.
What did you possibly do?
The monster is running from you.
This is all so very new,
I was frozen where I stood.
The monster is running from you.
I don't know if that is good.

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A silly goofy poem about a monster being scared of a tiny girl.

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Submitted by calliethe_c on May 12, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABaAabAB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 237
Words 56
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8

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