A Splendor of Love

Sherry Caayupan 1980 (Davao city)



Once a billet-doux was taken by this beau,
An afflatus read by his beloved belle;
The affinity tied betwixt bows,
Their love beyond compare, no one could tell;

Before sunsets is the accresscing of uttered pledge,
A benevolence in heeded bings;
The cachinnation at lover's edge,
No cad or caitiff intrude or adhere;

Adieu to saddening lover's loss to a cantatrice,
A canzonet she wrote with her graceful voice;
Enticing music spoken in cliches,
Beauteous billows seemed restless noise;

A dance made with candor,
An addle life adust of the lover's light;
This bequest by long forgotten ancestry devours,
An advertent love gave opulence to one's night;

A beneficent gallant turns away from the tumult,
A love like this is no adversary but friend;
He remained acquiesced of this love's ruling,
An absinthe drank with love's abstinence.

About this poem

This poem is about a man and a woman trying to take the starting pace of their love. The man is trying to forget about his past love he already wants to forget.

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Written on July 06, 2021

Submitted by Pink_Crystal on July 05, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XABA CBCX BXXX XDXD XXXX
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 812
Words 137
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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