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God's Green Earth

Wallace Dean LaBenne

What on the earth is fraternity
from time of birth
to eternity?

Scum of the earth is impurity
that degrades worth
for futurity.

Nothing on earth like inanity
to create mirth
or insanity.

Bowels of the earth are seats of pity
of broadest girth
in a dark city.

On God's green earth of sufficiency
there is no dearth
or deficiency.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 314
Words 60
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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