False Positives
Medical false positives cause some true alarm
Even with corrections there's a wake of harm
Imprecise analyses cause some exact pain
Even with corrections there's a mental drain
Ordinary assessment cause some great despair
Even with corrections there's a grim affair
Erroneous discoveries cause some right concern
Even with corrections there's a scalding burn
Substandard diagnoses cause some normal fear
Even with corrections there's a caustic sphere
Medical false positives cause some actual hurt
Even with corrections there's a clear alert
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 530 |
Words | 81 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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