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(New Form?) Frost

May 23, 2014
By FearIsAChoice BRONZE, Tulsa, Oklahoma
FearIsAChoice BRONZE, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Favorite Quote:
All fled, all done, so lift me on the pyre;<br /> The feast is over and the lamps expire. (Robert Ervin Howard, Suicide Note (I like it because of the poem, not because he killed himself.))


Why do these things gather frost?
Why does night form from day;
Or songs no longer play?
When the Sun dies once again;
Who can stop the frost?

When the Sun dies once again,
Or songs no longer play;
What even can we say?
If the fire dies out;
When will light come again?

If the fire dies out,
What even can we say?
Are we even allowed to pray?
When the churches topple down;
Who stops evil from coming out?

When the churches topple down,
Are we even allowed to pray?
What silver lining shields the gray?
When clouds rumble overhead;
What stops rain from coming down?

When clouds rumble overhead,
What silver lining shields the gray?
Why do men and women stay?
When darkness covers all;
Will rain fall overhead?

When darkness covers all;
Why do men and women stay?
How do you keep the cold at bay?
As others say; it's just impossible;
To keep frost from covering all.


The author's comments:
One day I was experimenting with refrains and I thought of this. I've never seen it before in a poem, or heard of it; so I wanted to see if anyone else has. I even wrote out the rules for it in case someone's confused by what I did (Just making sure)

First and last lines must end with the same word.
The second and third line must rhyme.
The third and fourth lines are repeated in the next stanza, but in reverse order. (i.e. the third line in the first stanza will be the second line in the second stanza; while the fourth line in the first stanza will be the first line in the second stanza.)

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