Winter

a look at the season through an ancient poetic form

A. Christine Myers
Nov 5 · 2 min read
illustration © Sarah Myers, used by permission

This poem was written in the old form used by early English poets. Far back in the days when this language was much different — what we now refer to as Old English — rhyme was not used and poetic lines were organized by rhythm and alliteration.

It was a powerful technique, well-suited to tales of adventure and description of the wider

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A. Christine Myers

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