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A Wrong Kept Going On

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)

Effective.
Is a going on.
Effective.
Kept to keep it wrong.
Effective.
Day and night long.
Leave to leave many minds,
Gone!

So effective.
Unsuspected,
But done.
So effective.
Unexpected,
But done.

A wrong kept going on.
A wrong kept going on.
A wrong kept going on.
From the bottom to the top,
Nonstop!

So effective, unsuspected but done.
So effective, unexpected but done.

A wrong kept going on.
A wrong kept going on.
A wrong kept going on...
From the top to the bottom,
Dropped!

A wrong kept going on,
Day in and night long.
A wrong kept going on...

From top to the bottom of it dropped!
Going on.
From the top to the bottom of it...
Going on.
And from the top to the bottom of it...
Going on.
And from the top to the bottom of it...
Dropped!
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Submitted by lpahtillah on May 19, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AbAcAcxx AdEAdE BBBff ee BBBxG BcB gBhBHBHG
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 709
Words 142
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 8, 6, 5, 2, 5, 3, 8
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