Gnu



There once was a man named Gnu,
who asked all that came to him: "Nu?"
Haughty hearts with grins defy,
restless the same key reply:
"A pebble still lays in the shoe."
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Written on August 31, 2023

Submitted by robertrad2021 on August 31, 2023

Modified by robertrad2021 on August 31, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABBA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 165
Words 37
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5

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