The party
Neil McLeod 1947 (Oxford)
Sitting amongst a group of people on a Saturday night
and contemplating a festive mood across the sea in a
tropical land.
The din of people talking
and f*g smoke in my eye
No room for even walking
So hot I want to die.
This is the modern form of fun
And no one seems to see
That sweltering without the sun
It a waste of time to me.
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Submitted by NeilMcLeod on January 15, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 449 |
Words | 69 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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