Talk:Songs/@comment-368004-20101227192808/@comment-5490610-20101227201703

I find the short lines much more readable and singable than the long lines. I don't know many ballads that rhyme every line. The meter I used is according to the pauses between lines in the performance.

Winter Wrap Up A/B/C/B A/B/C/B A/B/C/B A/B/C/B [abridged chorus] A/B/C/B/D/D [chorus] A/B/C/B/D/D [chorus] A/B/C/B/D/D [chorus] A/B/C/B A/B/C/B/B [extended chorus]

The Grand Galloping Gala [free verse]

Laugh at Your Fears A/B/C/B A/B/C/D/B A A/B/C/A/B/C A A/A/B/B/C/C [free verse]

My Little Pony [free verse]

I believe this is the meter you propose:

Winter Wrap Up A/A/B/B A/A/B/B [abridged chorus] A/A/B/B [chorus] A/A/B/B [chorus] A/A/B/B [chorus] A/A/B/B/(half-B) [extended chorus]

Particularly that last half-B makes me think that the lines should be short, not long.