Balderdash
Mockery and dirty pool
are primitive charade
Derision and ridicule are primitive facade
Vulgarity and insolence
are primitive grimace
Parody and impudence are primitive disgrace
Stupidity and falderal
are primitive display
Travesty and overhaul are primitive foray
Inanity and mulishness
are primitive folly
Vanity and foolishness are primitive jolly
Audacity and disrespect
are primitive disdain
Trickery and disconnect are primitive chicane
Macaroni and sassafras
are primitive nonsense
Baloney and balderdash are primitive pretense
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Submitted on January 13, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXX BXX ACC BDD XEE XFF |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 517 |
Words | 73 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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