Vague Story, A
Walter Parke 1891 (Wimborne Minster, Dorset) – 1914 (Hazebrouck, Nord)
Perchance it was her eyes of blue,
Her cheeks that might the rose have shamed,
Her figure in proportion true
To all the rules by artists framed;
Perhaps it was her mental worth
That made her lover love her so,
Perhaps her name, or wealth, or birth
I cannot tell, I do not know.
He may have had a rival, who
Did fiercely gage him to a duel,
And, being luckier of the two,
Defeated him with triumph cruel;
Then she may have proved false, and turned
To welcome to her arms his foe,
Left him despairing, conquered, spurned
I cannot tell, I do not know.
So oft such woes will counteract
The thousand ecstacies of love,
That you may fix on base of fact
The story hinted at above;
But all on earth so doubtful is,
Man knows so little here below,
That, if you ask for proof of this,
I cannot tell, I do not know.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 12, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ababcdcD aeaefdfD ghghxdxD |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 789 |
Words | 160 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
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