If



If a man could live a thousand years,
When half his life had passed,
He might, by strict economy,
A fortune have amassed.
  
Then having gained some common-sense,
And knowledge, too, of life,
He could select the woman who
Would make him a true wife.
  
But as it is, man hasn't time
To even pay his debts,
And weds to be acquainted with
The woman whom he gets.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 22, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA XBXB XCXC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 349
Words 70
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

H C Dodge

Nothing much is known about this poet apart from a name beneath a poem in an old magazine. The Magazine is "The Horsforth Almanack for 1895" and the poem is "That Honest Farmer" Horsforth in this case is a Yorkshire village between Leeds and Bradford. more…

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