Degrees Of Love
Arthur Symons 1865 (Milford Haven) – 1945
When your eyes opened to mine eyes,
Without desire, without surprise,
I knew your soul awoke to see
All, dreams foretold, but could not be,
Yet loving me, not loving me.
When your eyes drooped before mine eyes,
As though some secret made them wise,
Some wisdom veiled them secretly,
I knew your heart began to be
In love with love, in love with me.
When your eyes tawned against mine eyes,
With beaten hunger, and with cries,
In bitter pride's humility,
Love, wholly mine, had come to be.
Hatred of love for loving me.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AABBB AABBB AABBB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 514 |
Words | 97 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
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