Parenting Styles Of Mommas and Poppas



Parenting Styles Of Mommas and Poppas
(or vice versa)

While the mommas nagged the kids turned off their ears
While the poppas bragged the kids listened with cheers

While the poppas slapped the kids cried out from aches
While the mommas clapped the kids reduced their shakes

While the mommas boiled the kids covered their tracks
While the poppas spoiled the kids gnawed on the snacks

While the poppas gaffed the kids muddled through lies
While the mommas laughed the kids launched the surprise

© Wallace Dean LaBenne
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Submitted on October 07, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA AA AA AA AA X
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 506
Words 88
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1

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