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Mishaps

Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)

Rhymed
I knew a man named Luke
Who thought he might rebuke
The wind for knocking off
His hat right when he coughed,

Before he could complain,
The sky was filled with rain,
So he began to swear
At clouds that didn't care.

Luke started walking home
But stepped on gooey foam.
He fell and said, "Of course!"
Then yelled 'till he was hoarse.

About this poem

An unhappy day.

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Written on August 29, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on August 29, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on August 29, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAXX BBCC DDEE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 332
Words 71
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
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