Like the Touch of Rain
Edward Thomas 1878 (London Borough of Lambeth) – 1917 (Pas-de-Calais)
Like the touch of rain she was
On a man's flesh and hair and eyes
When the joy of walking thus
Has taken him by surprise:
With the love of the storm he burns,
He sings, he laughs, well I know how,
But forgets when he returns
As I shall not forget her 'Go now'.
Those two words shut a door
Between me and the blessed rain
That was never shut before
And will not open again.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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Scheme | XAXA BCBC DXDX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 369 |
Words | 79 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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