Air Castles.
Jean Blewett 1862 (Janet McKishnie Scotia, Kent County, Ontario) – 1934 (Chatham)
I built a castle in the air -
A radiant thing made out of dreams;
Love's dear desire its golden stair -
Naught heavier than a hope was there -
A thing of mist and rainbow gleams.
But when it fell - ah! when it fell,
Though made o' dreams and mist and shine,
The mystery of it who can tell?
Its falling shook both heaven and hell,
And ground to dust this heart of mine.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABAAB CDCCD |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 362 |
Words | 77 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
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