The Beaten Knack



Immoral they told us, Raucus and roll us,
 Street rap...is, Car rap,
 Razzmatazz, Jumpin' jazz,
 Fusion bluesion, Cacophony confusion,
 Heavy Metal, Screetchy scratchy,
 Drum beat, Tap your feet,
 Call sick old music, Classical music,
 Ragtime raga, Keep the rhythm, With'em,
 Bluegrass up yerass, Dixieland in your hand,
 Zippy Zydeco, Flamin' Flamenco,
 Music video, Radio vertigo,
 Chopin, Showtunes, Chauvinistic, Pianistic
 Light opera, Light show, Up beat, Down beat,
 Meet your beat, With hands and feet,
Fat chance, Flashdance,
Sing your song, Dingdong,
How many harmonies, in hominy,
My ladies, melodies are maladies, ill at ease,
Tuneful spoonful, melancholy baby,
Maybe

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For Maynard G. Krebs

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Written on 2002

Submitted by tomtowle on July 26, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFGHIJJGFFKGELEE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 661
Words 100
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20

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