Frank
He is a potent muse
Placed on an explosive fuse
He is a quiver of humor
He causes laughter’s murmur
He is a whole lot of fun
Pleasure in words he spun
To gain the attention of all
Science he made a ball
We were inflamed in fun
But to logic we could return.
- Frank is a professor at MIT.
Copyright © 2009 Leslie Alexis
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AABBCCDDCX X X |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 329 |
Words | 68 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 1, 1 |
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