The Gremlin
Pale faced she was looking so terrified.
"There's a gremlin in the toilet she cried."
I heard the roar of the Gruffalo there;
the monster responsible for her scare.
So I gingerly crept in to find out
what the commotion was all about.
Slowly I poked my head around the door
and was very surprised at what I saw.
There, roaring as loud as loud could be
was the loo; but the monster I could not see!
Was it invisible? It was roaring!
Perhaps it's hiding under the flooring.
Slowly, each floor board was prised open
exposing the toilet gremlin in its den.
There it was growling and roaring;
an airlock was trapped under the flooring.
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Submitted by royston on May 19, 2021
Modified on April 14, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABB CCXX DDEE XXEE |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 630 |
Words | 118 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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