Solstice
Reached by the sun each year, an ecliptic call-forth
a turning point to summer in the hemispheric north.
In the third week of June passing celestial solstice,
sun north of the equator in distance is greatest.
Days are long, nights are short, more hours spent in brightness,
energetic action to fully recrudesce.
There is outdoor living, with the warmth you're caressed:
in the summer season from nature you feel blessed.
Reached by the sun each year, an ecliptic non-routh
a turning point to winter in the hemispheric south.
In the third week of June passing celestial solstice,
sun south of the equator in distance is greatest.
Days are short, nights are long, more hours spent in darkness,
romantic interludes as unions coalesce.
There is indoor living to avoid freezing cold
in the winter season by nature you're controlled.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | aaBcdbeeffBcdghh |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 812 |
Words | 138 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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