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Football

Thomas Tripp 1989 (Jacksonville, NC)

A sport played in all conditions of weather
there can be nothing better
where legends become a factor
it really doesn’t matter
when I watch football with my brother
it goes one year after another
like a pillow losing all its feathers

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A description of the sport of football and its atmosphere

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Written on August 01, 2004

Submitted by tcozzit on September 24, 2022

Modified on April 24, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAAAAAB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 237
Words 44
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
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