A House for Four



A house for four

What is it? a house for four
A dingy looking thing
Are there windows? none

What is it? a house for four
Such a palace
Are there greetings? none

What is it? a house for four
Why the space is so small
Is there privacy? none

What is it? a house for four
A dozen creeps could be creeping there
Is there any trust? none

Don't judge me for mine
Poor fool i wont
Even give you the time

Are you judging me?
Your quite the choir
With a cracking voice

And
A tall house that falls
To scrutiny

A house for four and
A house for four
A people of choir and
A people of poor

Do you not recognize
The stains are yours?

A house is not a house
Unless there is more

More and more
Sometimes less is more

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A Axb Axb Axb Axb xxx cxx dxc dAdx xx xa aa
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 681
Words 148
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 2, 2, 2

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