Squeamish
What makes you prudish?
Is it vice and sin? Is it flesh and skin? Is it scotch and gin?
Or did you stop this spin?
What makes you skittish?
Is it grin and leer? Is it shock and fear? Is it knife and spear?
Or did you take this tier?
What makes you clownish?
Is it call and name? Is it set and fame? Is it fun and game?
Or did you skip this frame?
What makes you faddish?
Is it rank and file? Is it lure and guile? Is it flash and style?
Or did you pass this trial?
What makes you churlish?
Is it ire and rage? Is it web and cage? Is it time and stage?
Or did you turn this page?
What makes you impish?
Is it riff and raff? Is it slip and gaffe? Is it gag and laugh?
Or did you bar this graph?
What makes you squeamish? Is it dirt and germ?
Is it bug and worm? Is it word and term? Or did you get this firm?
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABBACDAEEAFFAGGAHHII |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 787 |
Words | 175 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
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