Commentary and Philosophy Poetry posted March 18, 2010 | Chapters: | ...26 27 -28- 29... |
reflective rispetto
A chapter in the book rispettos
I Asked the River
by adewpearl
I asked the river why such rush to feed the waters of the sea, why feel a need to rage and gush on route to reach your destiny? The river felt no need to pause, to offer me some mulled "because," but rather gathered up more force as it continued on its course. |
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The rispetto is an 8 line poem of Italian origin. Each line is written in iambic tetrameter. The first quatrain has a rhyme scheme of abab while the second shifts rhyming pattern to ccdd.
"mulled" means pondered over, considered in this context
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