She Was Quite Adept On The Seas (Limerick)

Edwin Tanguma 1966 (CA)



She Was Quite Adept In The Seas   (Limerick)

I once met a Mary named three
Who felt all in life should be free
She’d rob from the blind
Yet treat them quite kind
She was quite adept on the seas

Edwin Tanguma   Aka   Dagesh   12/28/2023

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Give me levity or give me death…

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Written on December 28, 2023

Submitted by EdwinRayTanguma on December 28, 2023

Modified by EdwinRayTanguma on December 28, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X AABBX X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 239
Words 47
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 5, 1

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