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Do-Gooding

Wallace Dean LaBenne

The couth is in do-gooding, not in what's achieved.
The truth is in the pudding, not in what's perceived.

The bane is in the sinning, not in what's deceived.
The gain is in the winning, not in what's retrieved.

The rift is in the living, not in what's aggrieved.
The gift is in the giving, not in what's received.

The bind is in the losing, not in what's bereaved.
The find is in the musing, not in what's conceived.

The lure is in the healing, not in what's reprieved.
The cure is in the feeling, not in what's believed.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA AA AA AA AA
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 512
Words 99
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
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