Author's Notes: "The Past," is a Heroic Couplet I wrote and set in Iambic Pentameter. I wrote this particular poem as a narrative statement on certain events, occurrences, and situations which are reflective of and bespeak experiences of the past or past tense. I am currently in the process of writing two other follow-on heroic couplets that will consider mankind's time dimension from the standpoints of the "Present," and the "Future." Please note that I got the idea of using the phrase "wantonness and wit" listed in the sixth stanza, first verse, from Sir Walter Raleigh's famous 16th century poem: "Nature that Washed Her Hands in Milk." In this instance, "wantonness and wit" as I used it my poem can be likened to people being "of free play and of free intelligence" in how they conduct themselves and their affairs. (Yet now, such actions are no longer possible since they are dead and buried and consigned to the past or the past tense.) (Gary Bateman - December 25, 2014) (Heroic Couplet in Iambic Pentameter)
Categories: allegory, change, imagery, journey, metaphor, time, and wisdom.
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