What Not?
what not, the sun, shining so bright?
giving its britness to the moon at night.
what not, the grass, being so green?
putting a stain on every blue jean.
what not, the ocean, so blue and dull?
calling from the fishes to the seagulls.
what not, our world, turning nieve?
unlike the times when there were Adam and Eve.
WHAT NOT?
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Submitted on October 26, 2009
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 317 |
Words | 61 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 9 |
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