Should You



Should you really really?
Should you really take this test?
Does it really matter
If you're the very best?

Should you should you really?
Are you sure you should go through?
This doesn't mean anything
Not even that you grew

So you're better than your friends?
Did that make your mother proud?
Are you glad you went through that?
Just to see your buddies frown?

Should you really have done that?
So what, it's just a crown
You know the real winner
Is now really feeling down

You pushed him
You teased him
You know you've lost a friend
Now was it really worth it
Just in the very end?

Wow! You're faster!
Wow! You're smarter!
Wow! You're really great!
But now you have nobody,
To share with in this fate.

So really should you really
Take this test again
Who knows how long, how far, how wide
This test will take to mend
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Submitted on December 20, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCB ADXD XXEF EFCF GGHXH CCIAI AXXH
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 787
Words 154
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4

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