Fantasy Poetry posted September 25, 2009 | Chapters: | ...18 19 -20- 21... |
a reflective ottava rima poem in two stanzas
A chapter in the book The Ottava Rima
Copper, Crimson, Gold and Bronze
by adewpearl
If summer is the season fairies ride upon the sculpted backs of snowy swans, and tadpoles midst the lilac lilies hide from raccoons who are hunting in their ponds, then autumn is the time when fairies glide above a world of copper, gold and bronze while birds who seek sun's warmth fly from the nest and raccoons first prepare for winter's rest. The colors of the world may shift in shade as maize and crimson leaves drift through the air, but nothing in this motley masquerade gives reason for one moment of despair, for tawny ocher garbs of fairy maids, just like the russet raiments fall trees wear, don't signify dread death will claim the earth, but celebrate life's cycle of rebirth. |
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The ottava rima is a poem in 8 line stanzas, with each line consisting of 10 syllables in iambic pentameter. The rhyme scheme is abababcc dededeff. This Italian form is centuries old and has long been used in English poetry, such as Lord Byron's Don Juan.
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