When Nothing is Better
James Vincient Johnson 1952 (Algoma WV)
When Nothing Is Better
You can be bad
And have everything
But when you fall
You fall twice as fast
As if you were good
And had nothing
Is it better to mix things?
And have something
But when you fall
You still fall half as fast
As if you were good
And had nothing
So, when you are good
With nothing
You always have something
A piece of mind…
About this poem
Having everything is not always better.
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Submitted by brojvj52 on January 20, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | x xaBcDA xaBcDA daa x |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 348 |
Words | 76 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 6, 3, 1 |
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