Ode To Beauty-W

strophe I stand on the snow covered mountain Colorful vase of flowers Slopes with flower beds laden I saw the snow lotus flowers I asked, “Why are you all alone here? Beauty is meant to be adored. Should give yourself to somebody Before your petals fall to dust soon, dear. What if I crushed your petals, I asked As at these heights, you are quite lonely”.. antistrophe One of the flowers quickly responded “I enjoy the shelter of blue skies. I would be too glad If you choose to crush my petals My fragrance will spread everywhere. Fulfilling the purpose and duty If destroyed, not admired. By plucking my petals, remember You won’t gather my beauty, Beauty is to see, not to be plucked'. epode “O’ lotus, you teach wisdom to man Praise her beauty, don’t destroy her. It is the gladdest thing under the sun Touch a hundred flowers not pick ever” O’ man, pluck not wayside flower even It is the traveler’s dowers. Silently a flower blooms alone And in silence it falls down If I am worth many pleasures, I think I am too few then”. =================================== June 15, 2014 Form : Ode First Place win in Contest: My favorite poem by Carol Eastman =================================== Form: Ode (the Homostrophic or Horatian Ode) Rhyme scheme: ABABCDECDE (Ten lines) Second place winner in Contest: Ode sponsored by Jared Pickett ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This is the English Ode, also called the Homostrophic or Horatian Ode. The Romantic Ode often followed the Irregular Ode's structure and the Homostrophic Ode's meditative quality. ==================================== The poem also won the second place in the International Poetry Contest of 2011 by Poetry Soup. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++