The Swan
John Gould Fletcher 1886 (Little Rock) – 1950
Under a wall of bronze,
Where beeches dip and trail
Their branches in the water;
With red-tipped head and wings—
A beaked ship under sail—
There glides a single swan.
Under the autumn trees
He goes. The branches quiver,
Dance in the wraith-like water,
Which ripples beneath the sedge
With the slackening furrow that glides
In his wake when he is gone:
The beeches bow dark heads.
Into the windless dusk,
Where in mist great towers stand
Guarding a lonely strand,
That is bodiless and dim,
He speeds with easy stride;
And I would go beside,
Till the low brown hills divide
At last, for me and him.
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Submitted by halel on July 13, 2020
Modified on April 28, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 580 |
Words | 108 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 7, 8 |
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