The kitten
There is a kitten that is cute and brown
Sitting in front of a butcher’s in this town.
At the shop window fixing his eyes
for a piece of liver it cries.
Hungry looks never make the butcher think,
Considering his body in the pink.
Hunger blurs its sight, meows in pain,
On this tiny body,hunger puts a great strain.
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Submitted on July 26, 2017
Modified on April 13, 2023
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Scheme | AABB CCDD |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 309 |
Words | 61 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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