The Weight of One's Shadow
The weight of one’s shadow depends
on the person from whom it descends
Are they perfidious or pure,
mephitic or mild?
Are they luminous in brume
or turbid in still waters?
A shadow oft reveals itself
in the company of others
Heavy shadows share their weight
with anyone who listens
Wispy shadows coruscate,
luminesce and glisten
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| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 336 |
| Words | 66 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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