The Nothing of Sherrifham



There once was a town called Sherrifham,
It's nothing and quite the shame,
It had no people, no houses, no trees,
No wonder why it was so lame.

For to live there you'd have to be mad,
It was the most boring place ever had,
No shops, no pubs, not even a school,
Just a place that's deserted land.

But despite the nothing of Sherrifham,
There was one thing that did cram,
It filled the air with laughter and glee,
The nothing of Sherrifham was tax free!

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About this poem

A backhanded spoof on that famed historical Sherriff of Nottingham.

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Written on May 29, 2023

Submitted by PolarPaddy on May 29, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAXA BBXX AACC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 524
Words 109
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

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