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A metrical tale is a simple and straightforward long story consisting usually of a single series connective events, and which usually do not form a plot, but there is more to a metrical tale. What is metrical tale in poetry (complete definition)?
The Undying Voices1952. Curfew was on and roads were vacant.
Some armed hands were still haunting there
To hush every possible roar or uprising rant
With the spiteful hammer of thunderous fear.
But a murmur of revolution was soon heard
As thousands...
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Categories:
conflict, history,
Form: Metrical Tale
The Eighth Note of OctavePray, spare this man of a rare calibre,
Fine, let him prove how good he’s as singer.
Soon as Malhar was sung, rain cooled the breeze,
Leaves perked up to listen from nearby trees,
Beats of Mridang on...
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Categories:
history, music, silence,
Form: Metrical Tale
Wonders of LoveLife is short
But love can be shorter
I wonder if love could ever be overwhelming
I wonder if we could ever get tired of love
I wonder if we’d push people away because they love us
Is...
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Categories:
10th grade, best friend,
Form: Metrical Tale
Jair BolsonaroAmidst the storm of public unrest,
Bolsonaro took charge in Brazil's nest,
The race for president was questioned with zeal,
But Bolsonaro won, his opponents left to reel.
The world was watching, hopeful in wait,
For a leader who'd bring...
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Categories:
memorial,
Form: Metrical Tale
There Was An Old Lady Who Lived In a HutI heard a story being told by a traveling man. He told of a story that was passed down from father to son for generations This story journeyed from country to country and was translated...
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Categories:
appreciation, friendship, society, symbolism,
Form: Metrical Tale
HeroSon of the rising sun; a child of prowess.
Hatched from the spawn of the raiders' conquest.
He rose from the trail of the claws that raid.
His sage was a tale that became a...
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Categories:
hero,
Form: Metrical Tale
Goddess From HeavenGoddess from heaven
with a top of golden;
Descended like an omen
to brighten the minds of men.
She sings deeply well;
She dances like an angel;
She acts like it's real
and casts away her spell. ...
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Categories:
beauty,
Form: Metrical Tale
Goddess of SultryGoddess of sultry
As adored by many
Her hair golden
Makes the heart smitten
Like a lily of white
A rose with astride
Makes the wind like
To take away her wrap
Her mysterious craze...
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Categories:
beauty,
Form: Metrical Tale
Tale of An Ambivalent Guise
Categories:
anxiety,
Form: Metrical Tale
Tale of the Magic MirrorPeople said she was ugly,
this simple girl of fifteen springs.
At home she didn’t have a mirror,
because her parents thought
her fragile heart would break
if she saw her face so very ugly.
She liked...
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Categories:
girl, mirror,
Form: Metrical Tale
Geese, Goslings and the BridgeGeese, Goslings and the Bridge
Sometimes, when you least expect it, Mother Nature makes a u-turn and draws you into the ridiculous. Such was the time recently as I was returning from a friend’s home...
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Categories:
bird, family,
Form: Metrical Tale
The Quest of the TridentsIn days of old, stood the protectors of the realm,
Ocean protectors that stood strong at the helm,
King Neptune spoke of a vivid dream,
That perturbed him it would no doubt seem,
His wondrous kingdom was under...
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Categories:
adventure, change, environment, hope,
Form: Metrical Tale
Tale of the Lost ChaliceThey journeyed through the woods
Over the mountains and hills
The book spoke about them
It said nothing about their adventure
It said nothing about their sojourn
To retrieve the lost chalice
Mysteriously stolen
Enchanted and bewitched
It had brought calamities
and...
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Categories:
mystery, poetry,
Form: Metrical Tale
The Tale of the Days of the Week
I am Sunday and always vibrant
Welcoming the week with hope, blissfully triumphant
Reminding mankind to worship God* for life jubilant
While igniting fresh start, serenely radiant.
This is Monday with strengthening engagement
Driving adrenaline with work’s accomplishment
Toward fulfillment along...
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Categories:
blessing, christian, day, faith,
Form: Metrical Tale
Bittersweet My Lover's SecretOh, where had my sweet love gone that morning
when later that day he’d met his death?
It was early January, cold and dreary
when he left unusually early without a word.
For days I wondered and I wondered
where...
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Categories:
lost love,
Form: Metrical Tale
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