Whistling Swan



Oh, the shame of this Limerick.
Smite me down, divine critic.
“Skill-less swine, be gone!”
Oh, Whistling Swan,
Ugly words preach to cynics.
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Submitted on June 21, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AABCD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 139
Words 24
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5

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