The Swan
F. S. Flint 1885 (London, ) – 1960 (Berkshire, )
Under the lily shadow
and the gold
and the blue and mauve
that the whin and the lilac
pour down on the water,
the fishes quiver.
Over the green cold leaves
and the rippled silver
and the tarnished copper
of its neck and beak,
toward the deep black water
beneath the arches,
the swan floats slowly.
Into the dark of the arch the swan floats
and into the black depth of my sorrow
it bears a white rose of flame.
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Submitted by halel on July 13, 2020
Modified on April 25, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXXXBB XBBXBXX XAX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 394 |
Words | 80 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 7, 3 |
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