The Painter in the Park
He monitors the spectrum
Of scattered sunlight
On the fresh surfaces of earth lately cooled by rain.
He concludes there are scraps of blue
Color lying neatly glued
To the planet's surfaces;
But he knows that the blue
Contains chemical wastes,
High-risk spookiness
In dangerous liquids,
And these thoughts are hard
On his love for blue:
French blue, aquamarine,
Cobalt blue, teal blue,
Periwinkle, turquoise,
Gentian, navy, powder blue,
Violet blue, indigo,
Pastel blue, and midnight.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XAX BXC BXC XXB XBX BXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 466 |
Words | 76 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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