Tess of the D Urbervilles - a Series of Cinquains
I
Roles
beyond her age:
worker, carer, teacher,
parent, sister, lover, cleaner.
Alone.
II
A girl
made a woman
by a lover thought true,
a passion she believed worthy
of her.
III
Scarred
by cruel men
beyond her own control.
Emotional wounds left open,
heart wide.
IV
Mother,
black in mourning,
sought a burial, small,
in desperation. Cold, bleak, stone.
Grieving.
V
Stoic.
Astute. Selfless.
Forgiving. Gentle. Bold.
Important. Remembered. Loved -
she, Tess.
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