Thrice
The third time was indeed the charm,
Blinding in stubborn naiveté.
Forgetting the last two failures,
She catapulted without restraint.
Faux love though fiercer than bona fide,
faltered against frigid reason.
It is the right thing to do, he claimed
Snuggling his new upper hand.
The crocodile, having starved all winter,
Slays men to eat them weeping.
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Submitted on February 20, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | X A X A A X A A XX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 342 |
Words | 57 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2 |
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