Allatsea



Out on a boat, with a threelegged stoat
A deaf rat, and a gerbil with piles
A flatulent cat, and a wonky eared bat
A hyena that giggles and smiles!
(No laughing matter)
Meerkat with a twitch, a warty nosed witch
Who had never once cast a spell
A flea with an itch, a giant called titch
And a dog that had no sense of smell!
(not to be sniffed at)
A pair of old queens
Several has beens
A bishop, and an actress from fame
Three popes, two retired!
Before they got fired
And of course a horse with no name!
( Flogging a dead 'un here?)
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Submitted by Viceversa on April 14, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABABCDEDEAFGHAAHI
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 518
Words 109
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17

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