Elegance
Taffetas, brocades, silks, and satins.
The swish and shine and handiwork,
All coiled to spring upon unsuspecting senses.
Creamy colors abound,
wrapping their charms effluently,
Textures are prevalent provoking sensibilities to exsultant heights.
Folds, flaps, piles, tufts,
Show the decadence exemplified
For probing eyes and tactile ramblings,
Often touched but more often spied!
c. Poetic Universalisms I by Lena Smith Carter, 2006.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AXX XXX XBAB X |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 424 |
Words | 62 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 4, 1 |
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