Barked the Barker to His Crowed



LADIES AND GENTS!
Focus your attention to these three tents
Full of amazing oddities from around the globe

Step right up, step right in
drop a dime you’ll get right in

Ladies and Gentlemen, It’s not a sin
You there man! Why the wait?
Why do you so hesitate?
Don’t want the girls see you faint?

Step right up then, step right in
drop a dime you’ll get right in

Some of what awaits you from deep within
Lydia, the gorgeous and mysterious tattooed girl from India
Buster, the sword swallowing little man from Tanzania
The mysterious frog boy Jim, They say he died from poison Gin

So Step right up, step right in
Drop a dime and you’ll get right in
Barked the Barker to his crowed.

About this poem

Remembering the side shows on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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Written on July 15, 2016

Submitted by BARKER99 on August 05, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme aax bB bccx bB bddb bbx
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 678
Words 128
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3

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