The Shallows
The Shallows 2007
The Shallows
He waits by the shallows,
Polishing his blade,
It lustered, a silver gleam,
but had shown red.
He laid by the fallen,
Whoever they were,
And carried them over the river,
Of which lay banked, Pine and Fir.
With his eyes of penance and
Heart of dulled metal,
Lay he,
Polishing his blade,
Removing rust so red,
It spoke to the dead.
He waits by the shallows,
Taking their breath so soon,
Scourging their eyes,
That now,
They walk by the pyre towards the blood moon
About this poem
Speaks about the life of a grim reaper and those, who are freed by him, to the netherworld.
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Written on May 11, 2022
Submitted by neil.ganguly on September 21, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABxc xddd xxxBcc Aeaxe |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 478 |
Words | 109 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 6, 5 |
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