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Beauty Is As Beauty Does

Wallace Dean LaBenne

Peace is always beautiful. Beauty is sometimes clash.
"Beauty is as beauty does" and that is no panache.

Love is always beautiful. Beauty is sometimes hate.
"Beauty is as beauty does" and that is no debate.

Joy is always beautiful. Beauty is sometimes glum.
"Beauty is as beauty does" and that is no hokum.

Truth is always beautiful. Beauty is sometimes fake.
"Beauty is as beauty does" and that is no mistake.

Kind is always beautiful. Beauty is sometimes mean.
"Beauty is as beauty does" and that is not obscene.

 Hope is always beautiful. Beauty is sometimes doubt.
"Beauty is as beauty does" and that is no wipeout.

Good is always beautiful. Beauty is sometimes bad.
"Beauty is as beauty does" and that is ironclad.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XX AA BB CC DD EE FF
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 706
Words 125
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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