Beguiling Verse
Douglas Blair 1951 (London)
Have you harboured
A thought and
Couldn’t shake it?
An issue or scene
Or heartfelt child’s dream
A nature’s pause
Seeming you so fit?
That’s poesie due
To the Race
You’ve been through.
So dance with some words
Like lyrical birds
Never fake it.
You birth your own style
To make others smile
Believe and receive
And beguile.
Read Rosetti or Wordsworth
Or Poe.
They had to start
Once you know
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Written on December 15, 2022
Submitted by dougb.72572 on December 15, 2022
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAABCDAAEFGGAHHIHJKAK |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 400 |
Words | 78 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 21 |
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