Cooler In The Shade



It’s cooler in the shade drinking lemonade
when you have it made
in an everglade

It’s cuter with romance rattling the dance
when you have a stance
in a game of chance

It’s greater to be best outsmarting the rest
when you have a quest
in a sports contest

It’s hotter in the sun swimming for the fun
when you have it done
in a northern run

It’s dryer up a tree calming down with tea
when you have a key
in a stormy sea

It’s better in the mire breathing hot desire
when you have a choir
in a forest fire

It’s smarter to be right excluding all might
when you have delight
in a baseless fight

It’s faster at full boar gaining triumph lore
when you have a roar
in a tug of war

It’s nicer on the moon eyeing some cartoon
when you have a boon
in a gale typhoon

It’s safer on a lake spooning ice-cream cake
when you have a break
in a massive quake
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE FFF GGG HHH III JJJ
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 829
Words 170
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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