April -- North Carolina
Harriet Monroe 1860 (Chicago) – 1936 (Arequipa)
Would you not be in Tryon
Now that the spring is here,
When mocking-birds are praising
The fresh, the blossomy year?
Look -- on the leafy carpet
Woven of winter's browns
Iris and pink azaleas
Flutter their gaudy gowns.
The dogwood spreads white meshes --
So white and light and high --
To catch the drifting sunlight
Out of the cobalt sky.
The pointed beech and maple,
The pines, dark-tufted, tall,
Pattern with many colors
The mountain's purple wall.
Hark -- what a rushing torrent
Of crystal song falls sheer!
Would you not be in Tryon
Now that the spring is here?
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABxc xdxd xexe xfxf xcAB |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 604 |
Words | 104 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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