Shades of Blue



Words vying between sky and fading blue,
As waves serene from a distant dream
Culminating between you, and a beautiful sunset hue,

Simmering beneath a breathless admiration
Delving into a renaissance of gold,
Breaking in marvelous tones of red, and long lost blue,...

Riding on a sun swept ceremony
Envying all courtship nestled in the eminence of time,
...As the conveyance of the sea settles an old inquisition,
Martyred at the brink of enlightenment,

For the night radiates softly at the fold,
Masquerading over the hold that bears your name,

As love binds that longing sensation of blue,
In an immaculate procession that pairs your fame,...
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Submitted by gino.vallejo on May 12, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

31 sec read
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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXA BCA XXBX CD AD
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 631
Words 106
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 4, 2, 2

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