AT THE FOOT OF A CASTLE
AT THE FOOT OF A CASTLE
At the foot of a castle in the gilded, setting sun,
In the warm and fragrant air of a summer’s belvedere,
Through a deep, dense forest a river does run
Winnowing through the trees, azure hued and clear.
And in the languorous evenings, when the stars appear like wines,
As harbingers of autumn, in the dusky, turquoise sky
A maiden of regalia, from epochs long gone by
Walks out upon the terrace, gazing on the pines.
Her flowing, dark mane is lovely, long and fair
And her royal gaze is of the sacred night
When songbirds sing in the sad moonlight
Above the many fountains rising in the square.
John Lars Zwerenz
About this poem
Rhyming, Metrical Verse
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Written on December 01, 2021
Submitted by angelabradford2 on December 03, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | X ABAB CDDC EFFE C |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 642 |
Words | 128 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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