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A Parable

Arthur Conan Doyle 1859 (Edinburgh) – 1930 (Crowborough)

The cheese-mites asked how the cheese got there,
And warmly debated the matter;
The Orthodox said that it came from the air,
And the Heretics said from the platter.
They argued it long and they argued it strong,
And I hear they are arguing now;
But of all the choice spirits who lived in the cheese,
Not one of them thought of a cow,
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

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Scheme ABABCDED
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 326
Words 64
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a British author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction and for the adventures of Professor Challenger He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories historical novels plays and romances poetry and non-fiction more…

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