Awed By The Awful
I am awed by the awful: glorification or fright,
veneration or offal,
laudable or blight?
I wonder at the wonder: curiosity or doubt,
miraculous or blunder,
profane or devout?
I am charmed by the charming: impressionable or cloyed,
sustentation or armor,
enchantment or ployed?
I marvel at the marvelous: incredulity or faith,
carnality or spectral,
vaporous or wraith?
I am stunned by the stunning: extraordinary or odd,
mysterious or bizarre,
eccentric or clod?
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABA CDC ADA EBE XXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 449 |
Words | 73 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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