Ebb And Flow
Just when you're in the "money" it ends with a demise
Just when you're feeling "funny" it starts up a surprise
Just when you're in the "kismet" it ends with a despair
Just when you're feeling "beset" it starts up a repair
Just when you're in the "fancy" it ends with a knockout
Just when you're feeling "chancy" it starts up a new route
Just when you're in the "whisky" it ends with a headache
Just when you're feeling "risky" it starts up a remake
Just when you're in the "album" it ends with a lament
Just when you're feeling "ho-hum"
it starts up an event
Just when you're in the "clover" it ends with an amen
Just when you're feeling "over" it starts up yet again
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Submitted on January 13, 2010
Modified on April 29, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AA BB XX CC DXD EE |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 655 |
Words | 127 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2 |
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