Wedlock Or Hemlock



Connubial relations between a man and wife
with certifications
for offspring creations
is classified as wedlock
serving as the bedrock
of marriage foundations
and their propagations
with standing ovations
when committed for life.

Connubial relations between a man and wife
with bold accusations
for mean provocations
is classified as hemlock
serving as the warlock
of marriage damnations
and their denigrations
with constant frustrations
when committed for strife.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme Abbccbbba Abbccbbba
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 447
Words 67
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 9, 9

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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