Advice to a Friend
Advice to a Friend
Play me a dirge for the loss of a friend
One that is telling a very sad tale
I find it a loss and a thought to tend
But truly won't let him more in my mail
I offered my hand he said to get lost
I hear he's psychologist and gives help
I wonder what is his head shrinking cost
Does it hurt so as to make us all yelp?
It seems in the world there never will be
A man quite as skilled with words as you are
And if you want published then know the glee
One needeth the forms to go very far
Write me a Sonnet there is yet much time
You must needs show forth less repetitive rhyme
©1/9/2013 by George W. Collett
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Submitted on August 22, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A ABABXCXCDEDEFF X |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 623 |
Words | 133 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 14, 1 |
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