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The Madness

Harry C. Craft III 1959 (Phoenix, Arizona)

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When all the laughter dies in sorrow
and the tears have risen to a flood,
when all the wars have found a cause
in human wisdom and blood,

Do you think they’ll cry in sadness?
do you think the eye will blink?
do you think they’ll curse the madness?
do you think they’ll even think?

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The insanity of it all!

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Submitted by ericrgrs432 on July 24, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA BCBC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 287
Words 61
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
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