Welcome to Hell
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
I have a little fan
That’s blowing on me in the heat
But it is just a stinking little fan
The air doesn’t reach my feet
If it was any hotter here
I would wish that I was dead
But that was how I got here now
I should wish to live instead
But if I did the things I did
When I was living then
Now that I know the truth
I would suffer shame that never ends
But surely now I would change that
And I would change my friends
If only I could live once more
I would try to make amends
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Written on July 11, 2009
Submitted by dawg4jesus on October 21, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | ABABCDEDFGHIJIKI |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 479 |
| Words | 105 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
6 fans
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