The Evil of Nature
Why must ye wither ole rose?
Hath ye been conquered by autumn's sting?
Is thy root no more?
Doth nature-death- to thy pedals bring?
For as sure as the tree bears fruit, The leaf will surely die;
Each limb does his own task, Death- a humble end- so ask, Nature, answer the question 'Why?'.
The cycle- each new bud begins, The season its only life;
For the future of the flower,
It's one of birth, death, and in between-strife.
Ist thou no more, beautiful rose?
Can ye not bud once more?
Doth ye not fertile your own kind?
Or doth ye fear in your mind?
The children of nature's whore?
About this poem
Written in 1991
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Written on May 08, 1991
Submitted by r_p on December 08, 2023
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Scheme | ABCB DD EXE ACFFC |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 585 |
Words | 127 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 3, 5 |
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