Child Fighting
Raging and force:
Through threats and slaps I did their will.
You'll now kowtow, I'll hit and yell.
Right of might:
Bigger and older, adults know best.
Unequal are rights, might is the test.
Role confusion:
Tough knuckled boy, curvaceous girl.
To play your role these traits unfurl.
Indulgence:
My whims indulged, I've had my way.
Now I exploit, others my prey.
Rigid demands:
To please you I your image meet.
Now plans of others I'll defeat.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXX XAA XBB XCC XDD |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 428 |
Words | 77 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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