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Ground still hard beneath the snow
I am hungry and so cold
Why must Arctic wind still blow?
Spring is near - or, so I'm told
Crocuses are buried deep
Waiting for the sun to shine
Once awakened from their sleep
Showgirls dancing in a line
Winter berries not in sight
Should have flown down South with friends
Hunker down another night
Pray that soon this cold spell ends
In my dreams I'll dine on seeds
with the sunshine on my back
Nature always fills my needs
Must not worry - I won't lack
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Author Notes
"Trochaic meter is often described as having a 'falling rhythm.' This refers to the fact that the stress comes first and then it falls off into the unstressed beat. This is in contrast to an iambic meter which has a rising rhythm (the stress comes first followed by the unstressed beat)." - from www.poemanalysis.com
Trochee is a metrical foot composed of two syllables: stressed followed by an unstressed syllable. It is often used to make the poem intentionally sound different and somewhat unnatural. Good examples are Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Song of Hiawatha."
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