Brittle Shade



No longer I await this dream,
Where shadows drown,
These tedious mountains,
From the shine; of heavens crown,

And once more,
I may plant this severed root,
Where droplets never reach,
The burdened and foul fruit.

5/20/2013 ~ Erwin Jung
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Submitted on October 15, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA XBXB X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 227
Words 40
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 1

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