Sown Words Drown Swords
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Brief Exegesis The above word play is not addressed to anyone in particular, but to those who cannot hear the plain poetry of nature plied on the leaves of the trees, for all they can see instead are the $, which in this case represent the majuscule, and therefore everything else is blurry text (macule, as in mackle, not the macula lutea). So, despite the fact that they may have experienced a near-death potential life-changing event (at the will of Artemis in the cool pool, or Pan among the reeds that are Syrinx), and as walking carrion arisen they make weak whimpers (mewl), they yet remain fools when they cannot or refuse to listen to nature. --by Scott Michael Potter more »
Written on February 18, 2022
Submitted by ScottMPotter on April 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAAAA X |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 262 |
Words | 48 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 1 |
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