Snail



I'm a snail on the garden wall,
but i wish i wasn't one at all.

I wish i was a bird up high,
soaring through,
the big blue sky.

A lizard i would like to be,
baking on a rock,
i think i'm getting burnt i'd better get my sunblock.

Or mabey i could be a roo,
bouncing up and down,
i'd be a very bouncy fella,
never have a frown.

But for now i'm just a little snail,
nothing much at all,
i'm not big, i'm not fat, i'm not even tall.

I'm as boring, as boring, as boring can be,
a boring little snail is deifently me!!
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Submitted on October 21, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA BCB DEE CFXF XAA DD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 496
Words 109
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 2

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