Whenever You’re Not There




Whenever You're Not There

The world loses pleasant esprit

The world seems sad and bare

The world loses camaraderie

whenever you're not there
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Submitted on November 17, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A b a b A
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 136
Words 23
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Wallace LaBenne

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