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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)?
In his last breathA distant wail, a spirit cried
“Too short a life! , too short a life!”
A piercing sound in the dead of night
“Too short a life! , too short a life!”
My candle lit to seek the sight
I...
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Categories:
age, allegory, analogy, anxiety,
Form: Metrical Tale
A gardener to greensThe land you grow on is His,
As water is, sunlight is;
And I'm but a care keeper
And claim to be no owner,
I raise crops blest by His bliss…
He says, heart gone...
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Categories:
garden, green, nature,
Form: Metrical Tale
While Dreaming She Conquered A Mountainand dreaming she conquered some mountain.
and she went up and over the ridge to him.
and he came over to the white cloud tops.
and the wind moved him like rain over her hair.
and that he was...
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Categories:
leadership, love,
Form: Metrical Tale
Morning StarMorose morn, but sun’s a catalyst, warm
On the eave, the pigeon’s contumely coo,
rids a night’s cumbersome, cold, smother
New day, dearth of dew on concrete lawn
Its dull gray lightened by that eloquent hi
nodding chesty chary iridescence...
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Categories:
allusion,
Form: Metrical Tale
Witches And More WoodYeoman throw
On another
Faggot to
Fuel the
Fire
Yeoman
Throw on
Another
Faggot
To fuel
The fire
Yoe
Man ...
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Categories:
firework,
Form: Metrical Tale
The words you spout
The words you spout
fill me with doubt
they are perplexing to my soul
the diversions they create'
Well
Time foretold and tore the wool
from my eyes
your narcissism runs deep,
your many faces slowly came to light
when the doors were...
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Categories:
absence, angel, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Metrical Tale
Magnificent Madness
Martyrs sacrifice for love amidst hateful norm
A madness and weakness to keep someone warm
Great words are writ but the gal made them an act
Now Bill the homeless vet’s a permanent fact
It was a few winters...
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Categories:
america,
Form: Metrical Tale
Under the Breath of the CursedWithin lofty daily trials, life always in check
gaze at self-made walls; stare up at the swinging bulb.
Chastising of milestones, beaten within submission
artful weaving of whispers waking from a deeper sleep.
Questioned emotions on ice; travel within...
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Categories:
12th grade, addiction, confusion,
Form: Metrical Tale
A Silent Rush of ColdA wispy dream; a velveteen morning;
calming and serene; snow slowly drifting.
Storms now brewing over the Northern sky
blustery winter's breath I now descry!
Heavy coat and hat; battling icy winds;
animals in the barn; firewood to the...
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Categories:
animal, cat, cool, fire,
Form: Metrical Tale
Felt but ForgottenWilling to pay the most tragic of prices
I just want to feel something soon
Using her beauty for only the worst of vices
Knows what she’s doing too
Can’t stop the hate that follows temptation
You’re all I want...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Metrical Tale
All AboardOn this day, a wee time ago_ after rough sails, you floated ashore. From life-giving waters, a brand-new soul_ for my eyes alone_ like unto one never-before. Bless my heart! Just look at that face_...
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Categories:
adventure, baby, birthday, celebration,
Form: Metrical Tale
EllipseAt sunrise the heron soars effortlessly upon the breeze
waves roll in crashing upon the rocks and beaches
rising tides reach high upon the sands then fade away
the sun breaks through my window and kisses my cheek....
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Categories:
appreciation, beach, beauty, bird,
Form: Metrical Tale
Aap ki awazAap ki awaz
Na Mai mazboor nope it's a dark sky
which cry when you cry and the sadness
of your dreams comes near you like a shadow of love
For giggling and waiting for...
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Categories:
12th grade, best friend,
Form: Metrical Tale
A nomad's lockdown tale
In a time of panic,when the world battled a pandemic,
He was a migrant,kicked by nasty tyrants.
Days of thirst,Months of famine;
Shattered dreams,isolation and quarantine,
The lock down had made him quite confined.
His hardships began when they had...
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Categories:
assonance, emotions,
Form: Metrical Tale
Bi - folding Doors
Six months after my Mother decided to move
out of the house, which only she and I shared.
Had not...
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Categories:
11th grade, beauty, care,
Form: Metrical Tale
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