Desperation
Shell and snail, your memoirs so deep,
Repudiate, to a pool I weep;
Sun may not, in my heart you peep,
Seeds sown, nature may not let me reap.
Height of despair, nature and God I curse,
As staunch, let joy loop my purse;
Moon to moon, wholeheartedly I pray,
You fade, my soul dissipate like whey.
Battle I nature, in conscience court,
Demean and anchor, like a moat;
Desperate prayers, don't kick a boot,
Prostrate, hang no knife on this scapegoat.
About this poem
This poem was written in 1999 and expresses desperate emotions on a loved one. This poem was published in poetry.com in 2001.
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Written on June 10, 1999
Submitted by paran11 on September 05, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAAA BBCC XDXD |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 437 |
Words | 82 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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