Miriam moved in the magical moonlight
walking along with the whimsical wind.
Visions of valor from vanquishing heroes
danced in her daydreams so dashing and trim.
Onward and over obscurely lit pathways,
Miriam made her way ~ moonbeams led on.
Finding her favorite fantasy lingered,
she searched in the shadows for chivalry's song.
But, as a baying wolf burnished the air with
wailing calls, wild in the wilderness night,
Miriam fled her meandering footpaths
safely inside was the solace she sought.
Whimsy
is fair and bright
and filled with fantasies.
But, it's easily put to flight
by grim realities.
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Author Notes
Written in dactyl meter (three beats per foot of DUM, da, da)
Medieval verse used alliteration as the main poetic tool in writing poetry. They did not use end rhymes or a specific syllable/line length. There was also a feature called a 'Bob and wheel' that was added after the verse that reflected the theme of the whole piece... it was five lines and had a very short first line followed by stanzas that did use rhyme.
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