Seclusion
Hear the rain, observe the clouds,
Soon the gray will lift,
Wipe the leaf, extend your hand,
Through droplets, it’s a gift.
Lounge and gaze upon the scene,
So deftly laid below,
And garner petals for your jar,
Prepare for starlight’s glow.
Water surrounds this quiet place,
And laps the distant shore,
Trees sway gently in the breeze,
Crystal ‘falls do flow!
Night and day will mingle amiably
Broken only by the bird songs,
And my warning “all is ending”
Is the peal of church gongs!
c. Poetic Universalisms I by Lena Smith Carter, 2006.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XXXB XCXC X |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 531 |
Words | 95 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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