Love or Ambivalence?
Melita Catalina Warren 1949 (Kansas)
Out across the great High Plain,
Labors of love yield a gain.
In ambivalence my foe I arraign;
My struggle impossible to contain.
One rids oneself of sin's dark stain,
As teardrops heal yesteryear's pain.
Still, affection never feign,
Although courtesy one may deign.
Here rain sustains silken grain -
I convince myself that I am sane.
Speak of love with kisses arcane;
The Real McCoy one must attain.
My complicity foes must constrain
For upon green fields summer lain
Renders the loveless vain.
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Submitted by mcwarren on January 10, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 482 |
Words | 84 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3 |
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