The 99 Poem Challenge
Fox-Trot-9
44. Terza Rima — John Keats
The poetry of earth is never dead,
He wrote, and set the world of verse ablaze,
Evoking Nature's spell in rhymes unsaid.
Perchance the spell of Nature might amaze
One poet suffering from writer's block,
Enabling inspiration to upraise
The waning spark and see himself unlock
Resolve's determination to compose
Yet better rhymes of greater force and stock.
Or, viewing Nature's spell within a rose,
Forgetful men can understand its beauty,
Esteeming that which Nature rarely shows:
A rose to love for how it truly is, as duty
Rewards the man that loves a woman's soul,
Though looks be bland; a rose, much like a cutie,
Hath beauty's truth in parts, just like its whole.
Is there a rhyme that justifies its death,
Since every bounty Nature gave she stole,
Negating Nature's spell with stolen breath?
Enquiries a jaded cynic. When she kills
Vindicatively, how can verse beat death?
Example that, O poet of her thrills!
Remember, sir, that even when she dies in
December's bitter frost, her winter chills
Endure a season's time, before she lies in
Abundant plenty come the spring. So dread
December's frost no more and live—because...
The poetry of earth is never dead.
—John Keats
(To be continued...)
A/N: The terza rima rhyme scheme has an interlocking 3-line rhyme scheme, invented by Dante Alighieri in his Divine Comedy, that has no fixed number of stanzas, making this verse form good for narrative poetry. I took some liberties with it, for this composition.
Meter: Iambic pentameter
Rhyme: aba bcb cdc ded...
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