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The Golden Touch (Ottava Rima) (Classic Poetic Forms WS)

Submitted by Rula on Fri, 2016-01-29 12:00

Come forth to hear a tale you heard nonesuch
about the touch of greed Midas, the king.
He had the wealth, the gold and money-much,
not content though he'd almost everything.
That's when Dionysus gifted him a touch
that turns anything to gold, even spring,
but when he gave his daughter an embrace,
just then he knew that gift was but a curse.

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Structured: Western
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I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back
Editing stage: 
Editing - rough draft
Workshop: 
Three classic poetic forms.

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alidzain

Fri, 2016-01-29 14:42

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"that turns anything to gold, even spring,"

Sis, can you do the parsing for this? I'm not sure if "anything" helps with the meter because the
'a" sound is stressed.

Alid

Rula

Fri, 2016-01-29 15:04

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I am not happy with it either . I might find an alternative. But till then I think I it's a slight violation of the meter that I can go with.

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