A Penguin

Oliver Herford 1863 (Sheffield) – 1935



THE Pen-guin sits up-on the shore
And loves the lit-tle fish to bore;
He has one en-er-vat-ing joke
That would a very Saint provoke:
'The Pen-guin's might-i-er than the sword-fish';
He tells this dai-ly to the bored fish,
Un-til they are so weak, they float
With-out re-sis-tance down his throat.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABBCCDD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 304
Words 52
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8

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