The Dusty House
Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)
There was a dusty man who had
A home with dust on dust.
His neighbors thought it looked real bad
As windows broke with just
Vibrations from car radios
When they were turned up high
Enough to rattle rows and rows
Of houses they passed by.
The dust would ooze, then flow and flow
Onto the ground outside.
The neighbors asked, "Where does it go?"
But he would not confide
In neighbors who would laugh at him,
When they saw him each day!
In fact, the chances were quite slim
That he would ever say.
About this poem
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Written on February 01, 2024
Submitted by stevec.24118 on May 02, 2024
Modified by stevec.24118 on May 02, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 497 |
Words | 104 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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