Beauty Imposes
John Shaw Neilson 1872 (Penola, South Australia) – 1942 (Melbourne, Victoria)
Beauty imposes reverence in the Spring,
Grave as the urge within the honeybuds,
It wounds us as we sing.
Beauty is joy that stays not overlong.
Clad in the magic of sincerities,
It rides up in a song.
Beauty imposes chastenings on the heart,
Grave as the birds in last solemnities
Assembling to depart.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
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| Scheme | ABA ABX CBC |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 311 |
| Words | 56 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3 |
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