O, sweet song of my soul
softly sing to the windkiss the world of my woe
gentle weeping beginfind the goodness in flames
from the fire deep withinso the inclement skies
hear my song and rescind
Author notes
A rhyme of Hemistichs. It is actually a 4 stich monorhyme.
The core metrical features of traditional Germanic alliterative verse are as follows:
* A long-line is divided into two half-lines. Half-lines are also known as verses or hemistichs; the first is called the a-verse (or on-verse), the second the b-verse (or off-verse).
* A heavy pause, or cęsura, separates the verses.
* Each verse usually has two strongly stressed syllables, or "lifts".
* The first lift in the b-verse must alliterate with either or both lifts in the a-verse.
* The second lift in the b-verse does not need to alliterate with the first lifts.
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A contest entry
- I lost everything ... by PrabhuDayal Khattar.
300 points, ended July 14, 9 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
What did you think
Comments
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amen..I love its music and its rythem of the inner world..inner life as well..well done..and my thanks for the impressive entry in my contest....
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Truly a delight to read! This is absolutely beautiful and one of the best spiritual poems I have read in a long time. The soft flow of this read matches the message perfectly. You also taught me something; I have never heard of a “rhyme of Hemistichs” and I doubt that I could compose anything this lovely using this format. Bravo!
Love,
Amera♥
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AAAWWWW this is a beautiful spiritual
beckoning, Allan, your words are as lovely as the Dear Soul who penned them. I love it, thank you. Bell X
Have three bunnies so it will be heard three times.
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