Sunset
Arthur Bayldon 1865 – 1958
The weary wind is slumbering on the wing:
Leaping from out meek twilight's purpling blue
Burns the proud star of eve as though it knew
It was the big king jewel quivering
On the black turban of advancing night.
In the dim west the soldiers of the sun
Strike all their royal colours one by one,
Reluctantly surrender every height.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABBACDDC |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 337 |
Words | 62 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
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