Ode to the Bags Under My Eyes
Emma Read 1984 (Devon)
Oh bountiful pouches of pastel grey
Semi-circular baggage of night-times’ debt
Waxed pockets of worry, a saggy display
Punctuating face, parenthesis of fret
No cucumber to soothe thy swollen flesh
Nor tinctures rich fade bruisy smear
Thy satchels brim with labour’s stress
Yet in my heart I hold you dear
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Submitted by magdred on April 29, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB XCXC |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 301 |
Words | 50 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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