Seven Deadly Sins



If you have a craving and restraint is caving,
this is lust, the first deadly sin.

If you have a divot and you're in a swivet,
this is anger, the second deadly sin.

If you have rivalry and there is jealousy,
this is envy, the third deadly sin.

If you have a hunger and you're a food-monger,
this is gluttony, the fourth deadly sin.

If you have a torpor and working you abhor,
this is sloth, the fifth deadly sin.

If you have a vaunting and attainments flaunting,
this is pride, the sixth deadly sin.

If you have avarice and a rapaciousness,
this is greed, the seventh deadly sin.

If you have a medley and these things are deadly,
this is gross, the sum of all the sin.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 15, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AB XB CB XB XB AB CB CB
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 653
Words 128
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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