'What A Wonderful World'
Louis Armstrong …
a class by himself
Not Dixie or Jazz
but much deeper felt
Growing better with age
his music enthralls
If fourteen or forty
his melodies call
Both Ella and Ray
are seated out front
As Satchmo delivers
when others exeunt
Timelessly treasured
he’d broken the mold
Of what sound can measure
—and a smile can hold
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on December 31, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 366 |
Words | 66 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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