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Dr. Benjamin

Neil McLeod 1947 (Oxford)

Dr Benjamin

Dr. Aurthur M.D. on the door,
You probably missed it before,
Because on the way in
Your sight was so dim,
You could only just make out the floor.

But his office is cozy and slick
And his girls show you just where to sit,
While they ask “What's the matter?”
In a soft Russian  patter,
All looking so pretty and fit.

You might take a lesson from me,
If it's blurry when you pour your tea,
If your lenses of late
Don't accommodate
Then he is the one you should see.
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Submitted by NeilMcLeod on October 10, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAXXA XBCCB DDEED
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 463
Words 96
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5
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Neil McLeod

Born in Oxford, raised in Kenya, past winner of Los Slamgeles Poetry Slam and author of abitingchance.blogspot.comand "The First Thanksgiving".Doctor McLeod is a performing poet who has recited at Highland Games, dinners and Burns Nights for the last 36 years. He is happily married, lives and works in Los Angeles,has three children, and practices as a dentist on Sunset Boulevard:http://www.drneilmcleod.com/He can be contacted by e-mail at drneilmcleod@yahoo.com and will willingly entertain requests to share his work with permission. more…

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