The Chase
Ron McKinnon 1948 (Windsor)
April 23Here I go again disturbing the den of my unconscious mind,
As if I were a hound and it a fleeing hind.
Still, fawnlike, it eludes my capture.
Only leaving behind a perilous rapture.
But if I should manage to enthrall it,
I fear a sudden doom might befall it.
And deeper doom, should I consciously inflict
A mortal wound, but I cannot cease luring it.
For deepest doom of all -
The chase done -
The Beauty gone -
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Submitted by mcks on April 04, 2023
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|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 411 |
| Words | 87 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
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