Ophelia
Elinor Morton Wylie 1885 (Somerville, New Jersey) – 1928 (New York City, New York)
My locks are shorn for sorrow
Of love which may not be;
Tomorrow and tomorrow
Are plotting cruelty.
The winter wind tangles
These ringlets half-grown,
The sun sprays with spangles
And rays like his own.
Oh, quieter and colder
Is the stream; he will wait;
When my curls touch my shoulder
He will comb them straight.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 15, 2023
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Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 320 |
Words | 58 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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