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Money Can Not Buy You Brains

Wallace Dean LaBenne

All the money in the world can not buy you brains.
Study and doggedness afford the mental gains.

All the money in the world can not buy you peace.
Mercy and forgiveness affords the end surcease.

All the money in the world can not buy you time.
Fitness and wellbeing afford the hearty prime.

All the money in the world can not buy you joy.
Spirit and cheerfulness afford the caper ploy.

All the money in the world can not buy you class.
Panache and elegance afford the stylish pass.

All the money in the world can not buy you soul.
Wisdom and significance afford the final goal.

All the money in the world can not buy you love.
Fervor and kindliness afford the gift thereof.

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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA XA BB CC DD EE FF
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 660
Words 126
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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