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Dear Grif

Louisa May Alcott 1832 – 1888

'Dear Grif,
Here is a whiff
Of beautiful spring flowers;
The big red rose
Is for your nose,
As toward the sky it towers.

'Oh, do not frown
Upon this crown
Of green pinks and blue geranium
But think of me
When this you see,
And put it on your cranium.'

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 21, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCCB DDEFFE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 248
Words 54
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 6
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Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. more…

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