High Jinks
wetness washes from the eyes
off the child’s face
a tear
rolls twinkling
along a waggish slope
curling between the cheek and nose
pickling in a sweet lips dance
a sort of cycle shed spreads
and framed in high jinks
coos a pink tongue
liveliness splashes and jumps
over from the wetted mouth
disordered are both hands
even the feet turn around
enfeebled to the toes
the child then rolls
intensely contented
stretched out on the ground
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Submitted by ludy_b on October 17, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXX XXAX XXX XXXB AXXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 418 |
Words | 77 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 3, 4, 4 |
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