A bit of a lark
A bit of a lark
I tried to write
It wouldn't come out
Onto the paper
I flailed about
I wrote it in pencil
I wrote it in pen
The words wouldn't come
I set fire to the den
I wrote on the walls
I wrote on the dog
But all I could of think of
Was a bloody great fog
I talked to my wife
About all that was life
It only upset her
And got me in strife
I went back to the bookwork
But the words wouldn't flow
Kicked the cat in frustration
And broke my big toe
I rang up my mate
For advise and a yak
He said seriously Bud
Your a washed up old hack
Now I couldn't except this
Writing defeat
So I put on some tunes
An inspirational beat
But it didn't help
I fell off my chair
Impaling my arse
With an Indian spare
So in closing a warning
About writing the prose
It's a dangerous pastime
You could blow off your nose
R P Edwards
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Written on July 27, 2023
Submitted by royboyjogger on July 27, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A XBCB XDXD EXXX FFCF AGXG XHXH XIXI XJEJ XKXKX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 846 |
Words | 185 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
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