Full Moon



She was wearing the coral taffeta trousers
    Someone had brought her from Ispahan,
    And the little gold coat with pomegranate blossoms,
    And the coral-hafted feather fan;
    But she ran down a Kentish lane in the moonlight,
    And skipped in the pool of the moon as she ran.

    She cared not a rap for all the big planets,
    For Betelgeuse or Aldebaran,
    And all the big planets cared nothing for her,
    That small impertinent charlatan;
    But she climbed on a Kentish stile in the moonlight,
    And laughed at the sky through the sticks of her fan.
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Submitted by naama on July 15, 2020

Modified on April 11, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXABA XAXABA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 559
Words 95
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 6

Victoria Mary Sackville-West

Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson, (9 March 1892 – 2 June 1962), usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and garden designer. more…

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