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Dinner Time

Matthew Hunter

Unacceptable,
Dinner Table,
Where are your A’s,
Hardening days,
You were a mistake,
Porkchop steak,
It’s all your fault,
Pass the salt,
I’m disappointed in you,
Split pea stew,
This is a crime,
Dinner time

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A ballad for high schoolers.

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Submitted by hunter_m25 on September 17, 2021

Modified on March 26, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCDDEEFFGG
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 201
Words 35
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
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