I Yearn For a Simpler Time
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Quatern
A Quatern is a sixteen-line French form composed of four quatrains. It has a refrain that is in a different place in each quatrain. The first line of stanza one is the second line of stanza two, the third line of stanza three, and the fourth line of stanza four. A quatern has eight syllables per line. It does not have to be iambic or follow a set rhyme scheme. line 1 line 2 line 3 line 4 line 5 line 6 (line 1) line 7 line 8 line 9 line 10 line 11 (line 1) line 12 line 13 line 14 line 15 line 16 (line 1)
Christmas was always magical
and still brings out the child in me.
Yet, I yearn for a simpler time
when innocence was still in bloom.
Although holidays come and go,
Christmas was always magical.
It's the season carolers sing;
and friendly neighbors wave and smile.
Reindeer once trod upon rooftops,
and townsfolk strung up colored lights.
Christmas was always magical,
and I yearn for that time again.
I yearn for those childhood moments
fantasy shunned reality.
And though Santa was make-believe;
Christmas was always magical.
Copyright © Emile Pinet | Year Posted 2021
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