A Winter Sunset
Lord Alfred Douglas 1870 (Worcestershire) – 1945 (Lancing)
The frosty sky, like a furnace burning,
The keen air, crisp and cold,
And a sunset that splashes the clouds with gold
But my heart to summer turning.
Come back, sweet summer ! come back again !
I hate the snow,
And the icy winds that the north lands blow,
And the fall of the frozen rain.
I hate the iron ground,
And the Christmas roses,
And the sickly day that dies when it closes,
With never a song or a sound.
Come back ! come back ! with your passionate heat
And glowing hazes,
And your sun that shines as a lover gazes,
And your day with the tired feet.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABBA XCCX DEED FEXF |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 551 |
Words | 109 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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