The Poppet Doll
Eugene Osowski 1949 (minneapolis)
The Poppet Doll
The Ninth Rhyme of Jean Ami
I once abused
A common man,
A creature that I know,
And beat him till
The blood
I shed
Caused Heaven’s tears to flow
He did not seek my grace at all -
Indeed, he cursed my name
So, every day
I broke his bones
And battered him
The same
For he was guilty
Of the deeds
That every man has done
And yet denied that what he lost
Was what the devil won
And baser still,
He falsely lived,
And vainly he would lie
About the nature of his heart,
And look me in the eye!
These days did end
For both of us beneath
An olive tree
When I discovered
That this man
Was not a man,
But me!
I saw him burning in a flame,
A flame that made it seem
As if he were a poppet doll
That mocked me in a dream!
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Submitted by EugeneOsowski on April 20, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A B XC D EXX D XF XXXF BX G XG EXHX H XX B XC C FI AI |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 774 |
Words | 200 |
Stanzas | 19 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 4, 2, 1, 2, 4, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2 |
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