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an ottava rima
A chapter in the book The Ottava Rima
The Merry Month of May
by adewpearl
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As dogwoods dress in frocks of party pink and honeysuckles don their finest scent, When hummingbirds who've dropped by for a drink watch fawns' first fumbling steps with merriment, When Johnny-Jump-Up gives the brook a wink, whose waters burble by with blithe content, I know the celebration's underway to fete creation's best, the month of May. |
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The ottava rima is an eight line verse of Italian origin, written in iambic pentameter, with a rhyme scheme of ABABABCC.
Due to questions from early reviewers:
In Pennsylvania there are both pink and white dogwood trees, and the pink ones are absolutely gorgeous.
The Johnny-Jump-Up is a wildflower also known as heartsease - it is a wild pansy/violet and has the characteristic nodding look of those flowers that lends itself to the winking personification used here. I recommend googling both the tree and the flower to see how beautiful they are.
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and 2 member cents. Due to questions from early reviewers:
In Pennsylvania there are both pink and white dogwood trees, and the pink ones are absolutely gorgeous.
The Johnny-Jump-Up is a wildflower also known as heartsease - it is a wild pansy/violet and has the characteristic nodding look of those flowers that lends itself to the winking personification used here. I recommend googling both the tree and the flower to see how beautiful they are.
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