Shakespeare's Words

by Treischel

I read the Bard while in high school,
A mandatory homework rule,
To memorize "To be, or not ...",
And then, Macbeth's murderous plot.
Now, at that early age I really found it hard
To comprehend the verses, when I read the Bard.

As I matured, I found the worth.
His eloquence had given birth
To my own sensibilities.
I mastered, now, the "thys" and "thees".
Elizabethan language lessons finally cured
My ignorance about his verse, as I matured.

I covet now his every word.
I doubt this news may sound absurd.
I bought this book of all his works.
It's one of my retirement perks
To daily cherish the thoughts that his words endow,
Those very words that once I loathed, I covet now.

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Actually this is ficticious, because I always loved Shakespeare, and memorized several verses that I can recall even to this day. I was most pleased when I found the book, on sale, at a reasonable price.

This poem is a wrapped Refrain.
A Wrapped Refrain, created by Jan Turner, consists of 2 or more stanzas of six lines each (sextets), with a wrapped refrain.
Meter: 8,8,8,8,12,12
Rhyme scheme: aabbcc
In each stanza the first 4 syllables (or 4 single syllable words) in the first line of the stanza must be repeated as the last 4 syllables in the last line. This creates the wrap effect, for which the format is named - Wrapped Refrain. The switch from tetrameter (8 syllables) to hexameter (12 syllables) allows the stanzas to be more detailed or create a final rush.

This picture was taken by the author of the book upon his coffee table.

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