Batalha
Alice Duer Miller 1874 (New York) – 1942 (New York)
IN this still cloister where the roses grow
Waist-high between the arches and the well,
You would have walked a thousand years ago,
So faithful, who are now so infidel;
You would have fancied your wild heart's emotion
Over the beauty of a scene like this,
A mystic piety, a pure devotion
And so, perhaps, it is.
Under the shade of column and of tracing,
Here in the dusk, where swallows dart and fly,
Barefoot and cowled, I think I see you pacing,
Brooding o'er thoughts of subtle mystery;
Fasting and prayer, and music and desire
Weaving a mood that men no longer know -
Oh, yes, my dear, you would have been a friar,
A thousand years ago.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 25, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABABCXCX DXDXEAEA |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 636 |
Words | 122 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
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