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poem #8

David Plantinga 1972 (Sherbrooke)

The moon is grim and sly, and keeps
Pale secrets from her twin.  
She hides the darkest of her blushes
Behind a slivered grin.

Her greater, fertile, sister earth,
Greater in girth, not age,
Knows a pallid, pock-marked cheek
But not a shaded rage.  

A barren spinster, gray from birth,
Can scarcely bear to see
From callous sister such a show
Of broad fecundity.
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Submitted by DavidPlantinga on May 01, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA BCXC BDXD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 358
Words 64
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
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