{"id":711,"date":"2011-11-04T12:12:29","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T10:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishtoday.org\/?p=711"},"modified":"2011-11-04T12:12:29","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T10:12:29","slug":"danae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachenglishtoday.org\/index.php\/2011\/11\/danae\/","title":{"rendered":"DANA\u00cb"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DANA\u00cb<\/span><\/h2>\n

Natalie Stear<\/span><\/h2>\n

Retired English teacher<\/strong><\/em>
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\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

In her submission of this poem Natalie wrote as follows:<\/em><\/p>\n

The <\/em>Glosa <\/strong><\/em>form of poetry might be of interest to English teachers (merely to inform about the existence of such a poetic form).\u00a0 I tried my hand at writing one and it was a fascinating exercise.It was used by the poets of the Spanish court, dating back to the 14th and early 15th centuries.\u00a0 The poet, P.K. Page, enjoys using this form.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

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[The poet, P.K. Page, describes the glosa<\/em><\/strong> thus:\u00a0 \u201cThe opening quatrain, written by another poet, is followed by four ten-line stanzas, their concluding lines taken consecutively from the quatrain; their sixth and ninth lines rhyming with the borrowed tenth.\u00a0 Used by the poets of the Spanish court, the form dates back to the late 14th<\/sup> and early 15th<\/sup> century.\u201d]<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"<\/a>\u201cNow sleeps the crimson petal, now the white;<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk;<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font:
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The fire-fly wakens: waken thou with me.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (The Princess, vii: <\/em>Alfred, Lord Tennyson)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The prison casts its turret shadow long,<\/p>\n

Beyond the walls that guard its ancient keep.<\/p>\n

A stranger stops to contemplate the gloom,<\/p>\n

Then hastens past the tower t\u2019wards his home.<\/p>\n

Unseen, fair Dana\u00eb watches from the grille \u2013<\/p>\n

Scans the red sky in softly waning light.<\/p>\n

A nightjar fluffs its feathers on the bough;<\/p>\n

Shifts from its roost to greet the twilight hour.<\/p>\n

Now sinks the sun to herald in the night;<\/p>\n

Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white.<\/p>\n

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Now slips away the zephyr from the glade.<\/p>\n

No ripple stirs the pond within the close;<\/p>\n

Nor in the palace precincts can be heard<\/p>\n

The muted hooting of the evening bird.<\/p>\n

No passer-by breathes in the scented rose.<\/p>\n

And in the stillness of the wooded park<\/p>\n

Entwining branches spread their leafy shade.<\/p>\n

Wistaria droops from ghostly colonnade \u2013<\/p>\n

No flutter from its blossoms on the stalk;<\/p>\n

Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk.<\/p>\n

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No welcome light pervades the iron bars,<\/p>\n

Save heaven\u2019s off\u2019ring in the distant stars \u2013<\/p>\n

The firmament too far – the beams too faint.<\/p>\n

Unhappy maid turns to her narrow bed<\/p>\n

To seek the arms of Morpheus, mortal\u2019s friend.<\/p>\n

In wistful dreams, bold lovers come to haunt<\/p>\n

The sleeping damsel on her restless couch.<\/p>\n

Like ghosts they go, no comfort in their touch;<\/p>\n

Nor gleams the moon its dreamer to enchant;<\/p>\n

Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font.<\/p>\n

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A lightning streak! No watchers to behold<\/p>\n

The silent meteor in shining gold<\/p>\n

That showers the sleeping Dana\u00eb with its gleam.<\/p>\n

The voice of Zeus penetrates her dream:<\/p>\n

Draw closer, lovely maid; I\u2019ve chosen thee;<\/p>\n

A myriad stars embrace thee \u2013 sleep must flee.<\/p>\n

Thy name throughout the ages will be blessed.<\/p>\n

Our valiant son will suckle at thy breast.<\/p>\n

My shimmering cloak enfolds thee; sets thee free.<\/p>\n

The fire-fly wakens: waken thou with me.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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