Beauty
-beauty, so deceptive
-but captivating,
-beauty goes about on arrogant legs
-with a powdered faces
-and deceptive logos
-creating a sourge to confuse the crowds
-of unreasoning worlds
-beauty, smiling,
-and shining;
-always in its best laces.
-beauty, can make a woman ride in
-the flowing airlin
-beauty, can make a hungry man,
-forget his name.
-beauty, can be flattered,
-and floppy;
-when 'tis man-made.
-beauty does not frown nor fade,
-but walks high always like a fly;
-but with meekly plight
-when 'tis naturally born
-beauty does not recognise the kings
-when it looses contol of its keyrings
-untill it regretably,
-ends in the vanity;
-of foolish vanities.
-and bows to the goodwill,
-that all that gliters;
-are not gold.
By: 'Dinobi Ofuonyebi (C) April, 2014
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Submitted on July 22, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XA BCX XXAAC DD XX XEF FGXX XB GEXXBX X |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 757 |
Words | 127 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 5, 2, 2, 3, 4, 2, 6, 1 |
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