Mourning in the Morning
Let your planet of fire
sink in sleep.
Nightingales whisper
a lullaby of slumber.
Flowers rest their silky heads
on a pillow of shadows.
Let your light lie light
in wait —
Cloak yourself in moonlight,
hide in the gleam on the tips of waves,
the glint of sandy shores.
Find the soft in the dark,
but when come day,
pierce the night
with your swords of light
and vanquish its weeping shadows
in mourning.
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Written on March 26, 2024
Submitted by miriamm.58856 on March 27, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AX AA XB CX CXX XXCCBX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 411 |
Words | 89 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 6 |
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