To A Solitary Disciple, After William Carlos Williams
Rather notice the hidden
Purples and blues in the green
Grass.
Rather notice the salmon behind
The grey-brown bark of the
River Birch.
Notice the underside of the
Leaf is damp with knowledge
Unseen, but understood.
See how it deceives!
See how it asks us to notice
What is not obvious, but
Is discrete in awareness!
Do your best to depict not
What is gazed at, but what has
Been known for millennia in
The minds and hearts of men.
It is our duty to expose nature,
Not as it is witnessed by the eye,
But as it exists internal.
Observe not the concrete world,
But the sediment on which it was
Built. See how truth has not changed
No matter your environment.
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Submitted on July 25, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXA XBX BXX ACXC XXXX XXX XXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 632 |
Words | 123 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4 |
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