The Poem of the Day
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
If you give them what they want
They’ll surely follow you
And if you say what they believe
They’ll swear that it is true
Like doves and wolves, they need to feed
But one will eat the other
The senseless and the ruthless live
And die to kill their brothers
The beast wants you to take his name
So, you can buy and sell
But if you do you’ll surely starve
To death and rot in hell
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Written on July 06, 2014
Submitted by dawg4jesus on July 23, 2022
Modified on April 29, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XXXX XBXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 385 |
Words | 79 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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