Fly on the Wall
The pen picked a fight with the paper
The four walls looked on in disdain
The pen broke its nib in the caper
But inflicted a horrible stain
The pen lay there battered and broken
The paper had two big black eyes
No words were written or spoken
Which surely should be no surprise
The writer looked downcast and grim
Frustration now welling within
His chair creaked slightly beneath him
His head was beginning to spin
The fly on the wall remained silent
It offered no friendly advice
The scene on the desk had been violent
And the poet was paying the price
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Copyright © Robert Haigh 2015
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Submitted by RobertHaigh on June 09, 2020
Modified by RobertHaigh on June 12, 2020
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH X |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 588 |
Words | 109 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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