Count To One
One plus few are more than two.
But count, how many, who?
One or few may be just two,
Or three, or four, or more.
How few are two, yet how are you
With less just one, undone?
I've had a few and so have you,
Now, can we two be one?
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | A A A X A B A B |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 223 |
Words | 52 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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