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Outstanding Disappointment

Wallace Dean LaBenne

I have known perdition.
I have known disgust.
I have known sedition. I have known distrust.

I have known divergence.
I have known intent.
I have known emergence. I have known dissent.

I have known betrayal.
I have known conceit.
I have known defrayal. I have known defeat.

I have known depression.
I have known bad luck.
I have known oppression. I have known dung muck.

I have known displeasure.
I have known regret.
I have known false treasure. I have known bad debt.

I have known grim lament.
I have known mood blue.
My chief disappointment I have known in you.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABB XCC XDD AEE XFF CGG
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 546
Words 102
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
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