To Katherine Mansfield
‘When I first met you’
When I first met you,
You were words.
A violet cover protected them,
Words cherished
Words chosen to fit your characters.
When I first met you,
You were the musicality of your language
And the colours emerging between the lines.
Then I came across your eyes
Portrayed by Lady Ottoline
You were there on a deck chair
Your illness was in your gaze
Your strength was in your love for writing.
MARCELLA FRATTA
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Submitted by marcellafratta on January 24, 2025
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 442 |
Words | 89 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 13 |
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