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the playground

Thewordking Hljohnson

children scream and play with out shame
a fairytale ryhme a schoolyard game
tag your it mother may I please
as a little girl cried from a scrape on her knee
a round and round and head to toe
a tiny belly feels like it's going to go
 and up and down sea saw we will
then tomorrow come back and play the same game still
in the playground
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Submitted on April 25, 2015

Modified on April 18, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCDDEEF
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 327
Words 69
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
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