DDCPoetry

Original poem reprinted online here: "November Night" by Adelaide Crapsey Originally read: November 15, 2014 More information about the Poet: Adelaide Crapsey This poem is the epitome of the cinquain  since the progenitor of the cinquain is Adelaide Crapsey.  The form is sort of like the tanka which is based in syllabics this poem is 2, 4, 6, 8, 2. The question is how does the form inform the poem or vice versa. Well the usage of imagery is apparent in the first line with the command of "Listen" which forces the reader to hear the following lines. "With faint dry sound / like steps of passing ghosts"  With simile with these lines, it's important to decide which has the most weight: the "faint" or "the ghosts."  Why?  A short poem is dependent on attention and when the attention is split between a simile, then the lost focus weakens the impact of the images in the poem.  If the focus is "faint" then, I feel, this poem won...