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Gibbous Moon

Mark Peterson

gibbous moon
ashen veil
phantasm strewn
redolent pale

shamed hues
gaunt face
heedless muse
death's embrace
gibbous moon
night reviled
morning soon
newborn child
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Submitted on August 09, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme Abab cdcdAeae
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 149
Words 24
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 8
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