An Elegy In Frost
Cold sunshine writes our elegy in frost,
Author of light a million snowflakes lost,
All gone forever into swirling air,
A dance of death that is no longer there.
Pure poetry becomes a stanza said,
Classical white a message left unread,
While we stand longing for a winter past,
Hurt by a mood that was too fey to last.
West is a shadow wrapped around frail bones,
Your hand in mine for eloquence atones.
Touch is a brevity that needs no sound
To turn the weather of the world around.
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Submitted by naheed.virk on March 14, 2022
Modified on May 03, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 485 |
Words | 102 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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