Brian Strand,
UK
Half-Hearted
Her love was
like a rose, with no perfume.
Dressed in very fine clothes
passion she could not propose,
brought the romance to a close.
*Englyn—a
quatrain from Welsh poetry of 30 syllables in four lines 10, 6,
7, 7. The sixth syllable of line one announces the rhyme, the
last syllable of the succeeding three lines rhyme with it. (The
final syllable of line one is without rhyme). The content has an
enigmatic quality.
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