Beauty, personified
Joseph Clark 1996 (England)
You are beauty, personified.
You are beauty, encased.
You are beauty, wrapped up in a bow
and presented in a bow-tied case.
Your beauty reminds me of a bird, entrapped
within a cage.
Singing softly, sadly, wondering when
he can finally escape.
Your beauty reminds me of the sun.
It warms, glows, heats, sustains me -
but never get too close, linger too long
lest be ridden with welts red and angry.
Your beauty makes my heart sing a hollow tune.
It makes my heart feel engorged.
Wrapped in briars, beating nonetheless -
you calm me and cure my utter distress -
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Written on June 19, 2023
Submitted by joec.81222 on June 19, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXXX XXXX XBXB XACC |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 569 |
Words | 116 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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