Grandfather
dame writing i have wooed in vain
you promised riches, gave but pain
i plied thy ear with lilting phrase
gave thee all youth's golden days
love missiles, hundreds; you disdained
to publish one that bore my name
your cold rejections of my lips
are bound in ribbons, stacks of slips
may the muse bear witness of
these pounding temples to our love
the slivered grey in my hirsute
you may have caused, though that is moot
oh shattered dream, oh frittered hour
oh heart that lingers in some bower
hoping still, alas, slack
would'st have this poor but honest hack...
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Written by my grandfather in 1948
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Written on 1948
Submitted by poetry5240 on May 24, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABB XXCC DDEE FFGG |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 563 |
Words | 104 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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