Some Say This and Some Say That



When twisters hit a neighborhood
Destruction is their way.
A few homes are not hit; that's good!
The rest have "gone away"!

Reactions to destruction there
Are in two diff'rent ways.
Most are so shocked they cry and cry,
Asking "Why, oh God, say why?"

A few will look at their home gone
And then they humbly pray,
"We thank You that we all live on!
You saw us through this day!"

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Written on January 12, 2024

Submitted by stevec.24118 on January 12, 2024

Modified by stevec.24118 on January 12, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB XXCC XBXB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 380
Words 83
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

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