The Swing



How would   you like to go up in a swing?
Up in the air so blue?
I do think it's the pleasantest thing ever a child can do.
Up in the air and over the wall till I can see so wide,
 Rivers and trees and cattle all over the countryside.
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Submitted on August 21, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABBCC
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 230
Words 51
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5

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