The boxer
Ass over tea kettle
He falls and he falls.
Ass over backward
He flops and he sprawls.
But he rises again to continue the fight
Jab, jab, uppercut – left, left, right.
A dervish of whirling,
He swings and he swings.
A twirl of a skirmish,
He darts and he zings.
But try as he may to do what he might,
Pow! To his jaw. Out go the lights.
A sack of potatoes.
He drops to the ground.
A sack full of sorrow,
He’s lost, he stays down.
About this poem
This is a comment on the futility of trying.
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Written on January 17, 2023
Submitted by jpat6000 on January 17, 2023
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA BB XXXA BX XXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 436 |
Words | 104 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 4, 2, 4 |
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