There Is No Death

[BW BRINE]

I was also a little thrown off by the change in accent through the verses (because it seemed so regular at first but then switches up). Apparently, as Erthona has so expertly already noted, it is in irregular accentual verse. I'm also not sure what ballad meter is.

I also wonder if this poem is about a flower, or a plant, or tree of some sort. I think it's well done in general, but I'm not sure if there's anything specific I'm supposed to get out of this.

I liked the first two verses:

Blow, blow, wintry diamonds,
cloak the earth in death,
in dust, we slumber through the night,
and wait for summer’s breath.

While in repose my dearest,
I shall fertilize the earth,
like burning wood sends smoke to sky,
and ashes to the hearth.

But, like Erthona, I wonder about "Cogitate" for the shadow. I wonder if it is just an error and mackzmike meant "Conjugate" so that the shadow is being blended into or connected to the rainbow flowers.

Overall, I think it has promise, but then again, I think a lot of things

-BW