Romancing The Pen Forum Relict .. Pantoum

Relict.

pantoum

She rose at dawn, for she was cold.
No fat had she to hold the heat,
the penalty for being old.
You do not get enough to eat.

No fat had she to hold the heat,
her bed a mattress on the floor.
The penalty for being old
when merely living is a chore.

Her bed a mattress on the floor,
in the cold kitchen forced to lie
When merely living is a chore
she stubbornly refused to die.

In the cold kitchen on the floor,
though no one loved her, none at all.
The penalty for being old
She rose at dawn, for she was cold



Rhyming pattern
A1
B1
A2
B2

B1
C1
B2
C2

C1
D1
C2
D2

D1
E1
B1
A1
A malayan form taken up by french writers