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A Soldier’s Last Song

by Gowri Bhargav

 

Memories teeter betwixt my shut eyes,

As I witness my versions several,

Stars shine down from the empyrean skies,

With the blowing wind I seem to mingle,

Muffled seem the sounds of raging battle, 

All ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™™ borders fade โ€˜midst shades of crimson,

In a ๐™›๐™ค๐™š๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก ๐™๐™ช๐™จ๐™ I just lay frozen, 

Buried โ€˜neath mounting debris six feet deep,

An eternal garden I envision,

Distant dirges lull me to peaceful sleep.

 

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๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ : ๐——๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป

 

Dizain is a French poem that became a favourite of many 15th and 16th century French poets.Here are the basic rules of the dizain:

~One 10-line stanza

~10 syllables per line

~Employs the following rhyme scheme: ababbccdcd

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