If It Kills Me!
Do you get everything you want?
You don't?--Well, I'll declare
That's strange; I have the same complaint.
Perhaps it's not so rare.
The things we don't want come to us,
In bunches, every day;
But, when we really like a thing,
It seems to stay away.
We hope and wish and pray and cry
And scheme and work and plan;
While our desires remain beyond
The reach of mortal man.
So, after years of fruitless hopes,
I think I'll cease to fret;
And when I don't get the things I like--
I'll like the things I get!
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Submitted on March 21, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC XDXD |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 510 |
Words | 98 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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