Transcript of Fifth-Grade Reading of the Poem

	          I LKE to SEE it LAP the MILES--
	          And LICK the VALLeys UP--
	          And STOP to FEED itSELF at TANKS--
	          And THEN--proDIGious STEP

	          AROUND a PILE of MOUNtains--
	          And SUPerCILLious PEER
	          In SHANties--BY the SIDES of ROADS--
	          And THEN a --

Aw, that sucks!

But you can see--hear--what happens when you read this poem in the obvious way, as iambic tetrameter.

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