Love Beyond Legends
Kaz Brekker 2000
I love you as Hades loved Persephone,
And as Orpheus loved Eurydice.
I love you as Athena loves wisdom,
And Sisyphus loved trickery.
I love you as Odysseus loved Penelope,
And as Menelaus loved Helen.
I love you as Posiedon loves the sea,
And as Tantalus loved hubris.
I love you as Patroclus loved Achilles,
And as Pyramus loved Thisbe.
I love you as Ares loves war,
And as Narcissus loved himself.
I love you as a mortal loves another,
I love you as no other being alive.
About this poem
This poem expresses deep and varied forms of love by comparing the speaker’s feelings to famous mythological relationships. From Hades and Persephone to Narcissus' self-love, the poem highlights different aspects of devotion. It concludes by asserting that the speaker’s love is unique and unmatched, surpassing even the most legendary loves in its depth and intensity.
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Submitted by kazbrekker on September 02, 2024
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| Scheme | AB XC CA BB BX XX XX |
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| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 485 |
| Words | 107 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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