A glass of red
Chief Speak-a-little-French 1980 (Calgary)
...And a lady in a red dress?
A glass of red.
We play conversational poker and come out with
The ace of spades and high-heels to match!
But I’ve never been to Vegas
And I’m not a gambling man -
A glass of red!
Turn up the jazz
Let me take your coat
And after a dance -
A glass of red
Your lips of Juno
Are a glass of red!
Take my hand and lead the way
We’ll be buried in stuffy old second-hand book stores
Mumbling Homer and his Odyssey amongst dusty shelves
I would look no further for a book called
A glass of red
Written in blood
A thriller weaved post-apocalyptically
...but your kind loins and firm sinews,
after all is said and all is done,
Are (your guessed it!)
A glass of red.
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Submitted by speakalittlefr on April 07, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | aB xx xxB xxxB xb xxxxBxx axxB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 668 |
Words | 139 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 3, 4, 2, 7, 4 |
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