Nitpicking Paul



I knew a man named Paul
Who thought he knew it all.
He felt it was his job to say
At least a dozen times each day,
"You're doing that wrong!"

He made the workers feel uptight
Each time he said to, "Do it right".
They cheered each time he left the room,
Because he only brought them gloom
And NEVER did belong!

One day they asked if he would leave,
A thought that he could not conceive.
Their message was in written form,
Whose end result was just lukewarm,
Since he found words spelled "rong".

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Those who complain a lot!

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Written on July 11, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on August 25, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on August 25, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABBC DDEEC FFGGC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 495
Words 108
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5

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