Wasted Snowball
Sandra JoAnne Booth-Maxwell 1957 (San Rafael)
The clothesline it hung,
between two trees on the hill.
Covered in snow,
as that was God's will.
The child he ran,
from his Aunt in fear.
Cuzz the snowball she'd throw,
would hit him, it was clear.
He ran like crazy,
to miss her attack.
He hit that ole clothesline,
and fell flat on his back.
He landed so hard,
his pain turned to laughter.
And everyone came,
still chasing after.
Slipping and sliding,
laughing so hard.
Twas plain to see,
the boy was not scarred!
Copyright ©2002
Sandra JoAnne Booth-Maxwell
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Submitted on April 12, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABA XCBC DEBE FGXG XFDFXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 489 |
Words | 92 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 6 |
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