When Did You Learn
"When Did You Learn?!"
(A Birthday Portia Poem)
"When did you learn, Portia, to love as you do ---
was it yesterday --- or, has it always been true?
When did you learn, Portia, to be as you are ---
shining ever so shining, as bright as a star ---
When did you learn?
Was it during the time of your gestation with me --
- Was
it during the time of Harriett's (Portia's mother)
gestation
with you --- was it before seasons began to
accrue ---
When did you learn, Portia?
When did you learn, Portia, that indeed 'the quality
of mercy is not strained' by thee to me --- never it
seems
yesterday, never it seems today, never it seems
tomorrow,
so it seems today. When did you learn?
When did you learn to love, Portia, as you do --- in
such a
pristine manner --- through and through --- through
all
my discordant moments --- in my forty and five
years now
--- was it somewhere during your sixty and nine
years now,
as of today, that your love grew so deep as to
become an
infinite stay, as to create an everlasting way for me
to always
find myself marveling at your display of love for me
which
you always show --- How do you know such an
unending
concern --- When did you learn, or did simply, you
always
know?! Me thinks, always."
Thomas M. Scott, Th. D.
September 27, 1993
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About this poem
This is a poem that was written on my mother's birthday, September 27th, 1992 . . .
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Written on September 27, 1993
Submitted by TMScott on March 14, 2023
Modified on March 18, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | Ax bb ccA dxexbbf dxggxa xfbxxHxHbidjdxixbjj de |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,721 |
Words | 285 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 3, 7, 6, 19, 3 |
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