Poet Pain



Many poets rhyme with pain
While some others hide for gain
I feel part of the food chain
Is it wiser to abstain
Run with train escape the slain

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Submitted on July 10, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAAAA X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 162
Words 33
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 1

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