As Like As Not



Had thou not grinded thus and so into the sand dust,
thou as like as not
would not have begot
a puppet of thy playpot.

Now it is thine desire
Whether thou will blow this dust in the air
Else wil thou keep this sand spread out along the oceanic border.
So is the reason
I often fly in the air
Often I sink either.
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Submitted by amal_k on May 23, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXXA BCBXCB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 315
Words 70
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 6

Dr. Amal Kumar Ghosh

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