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Memento Mori in a Refrain
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Literature Text
No matter what delusions you intend—
What clever turns of phrase, what tongue-in-cheek,
What forms you've rendered lithe and sleek—
I'll always come to usher in the end.
Now call upon your muse, on her attend,
And try to reach and grasp her phantom hands.
Despite your invocations and demands,
I'll always come to usher in the end.
But do not think in death you might transcend
The order you conceived and brought to term.
Just as the germ attacks the flesh infirm,
I'll always come to usher in the end.
No matter what delusions you intend,
I'll always come to usher in the end.
What clever turns of phrase, what tongue-in-cheek,
What forms you've rendered lithe and sleek—
I'll always come to usher in the end.
Now call upon your muse, on her attend,
And try to reach and grasp her phantom hands.
Despite your invocations and demands,
I'll always come to usher in the end.
But do not think in death you might transcend
The order you conceived and brought to term.
Just as the germ attacks the flesh infirm,
I'll always come to usher in the end.
No matter what delusions you intend,
I'll always come to usher in the end.
An echo sonnet. Basically a Shakespearean sonnet, but with two refrain lines in it. A bit of a twist on the use of refrains in poetry.
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This is fantastic. And it... just... works. It makes sense and has excellent sound. It's terribly dire and fun all at once because the canter simply tickles the ear. If I were more knowledgeable about these things my praise would find more expression, but as it stands, know that my intention is to say, "it rocks" 