The barren music of a word or phrase,
THE barren music of a word or phrase,
The futile arts of syllable and stress,
He sought. The poetry of common days
He did not guess.
The simplest, sweetest rhythms life affords-
Unselfish love, true effort truly done,
The tender themes that underlie all words-
He knew not one.
The human cadence and the subtle chime
Of little laughters, home and child and wife,
He knew not. Artist merely in his rhyme,
Not in his life.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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Scheme | ABAB XCXC DEDE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 426 |
Words | 78 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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