Like **Semele
We watched the tide ebb and flow,
Then walked for many days,
To find shelter, if we could,
Await our rescue team!
We ate the pickings ‘round us,
We hovered in the caves,
We slept in shifts awakening
Finally to sea breezes!
Isolation left us with
No others to consider,
We landed here by accident,
We had not known each other prior!
As is the way of opposites,
Who tend to attract each other,
We stared, we glared, we talked,
We ate, we laughed considering survival!
Feeling safe, and yet deprived
Our time was further extended,
No one was coming for us,
We lapsed into reality!
Our interest in each other grew;
Our options had dwindled,
We laughed we kissed and then we cried,
Nature overtaking!
Many of life’s experiences
Passed my recollection,
But never did I remember
Being overrun by passion!
**Semele-mortal mother of Dionysus,fathered by Zeus. She was consumed by lightning-ignited flames after demanding that Zeus reveal himself to her in all his glory.
c. by Lena Smith Carter--Poetic Universalisms II, 2006.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXX AXBC XDXD XDXX XXAE XXXB CFDF E X |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 992 |
Words | 175 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 1 |
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