By The Hearth-Stone
By the hearth-stone
She sits alone,
The long night bearing:
With eyes that gleam
Into the dream
Of the firelight staring.
Low and more low
The dying glow
Burns in the embers;
She nothing heeds
And nothing needs---
Only remembers.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | AABCCB DDEFFE |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 226 |
| Words | 42 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
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