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The Smallest Drop

Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)

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Your worries won't help anything
So, do your best to stop.
Enjoy what should make all hearts sing;
A bucket with a drop.

Your worries won't help you at all.
They aren't a magic potion.
Despite how many times you fall,
They're just drops in an ocean.  

A drop inside a bucket will
Not be significant.
Nor will some drops in ocean kill
Important things you want!

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Inconsequential Things

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Written on October 28, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on October 28, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on October 28, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CDCD EXEX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 362
Words 77
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
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