Chimes

Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell 1847 ( Barnes, London, ) – 1922 (London)



Brief, on a flying night,
From the shaken tower,
A flock of bells take flight,
And go with the hour.
  
Like birds from the cote to the gales,
Abrupt--O hark!
A fleet of bells set sails,
And go to the dark.
  
Sudden the cold airs swing.
Alone, aloud,
A verse of bells takes wing
And flies with the cloud.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 294
Words 61
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell

Alice Christiana Gertrude Meynell was a British writer, editor, critic, and suffragist, now remembered mainly as a poet. more…

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