Ode to a deer
A doe lay sleeping in the grass
a lovely and enchanting lass
serenely heedless of all who pass
silent and peaceful, she ~
Sleeping all the day and all the night
still there she lay at morning light
her beauties attracted hungry sight
her charms were for all to see ~
As the gentle wind gave whisper-sighs,
vultures wheeled in brilliant skies
crows in joy arrived, and flies
buzzed and flitted merrily ~
At night many a roving beast
crept close for the abundant feast
each morsel savored to the least
by appetites eager and free ~
An open cage of clean-white bone
in morning sunlight brightly shone
in the grass beside the road alone
silent and peaceful, she ~
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | aaaB cccb dddb eeeb fffB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 655 |
Words | 120 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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