The 99 Poem Challenge
Fox-Trot-9
56. Terzanelle — Outcast
What's there to learn from all these books
Or gain from hours of scholarship,
When all I get are fearful looks
Of judging eyes and censorship?
It seems I cannot earn their trust
Or gain from hours of scholarship
The honors of the upper crust,
Their courtesy, my self respect;
It seems I cannot earn their trust
To use my subtle intellect
For things outside my studied field.
Their courtesy, my self respect—
I've both these qualities repealed;
I cannot use my genius gift
For things outside my studied field!
With all my shattered life adrift,
What's there to learn from all these books?
I cannot use my genius gift
When all I get are fearful looks!
(To be continued...)
A/N: The Terzanelle combines the villanelle and the terza rima forms. It is a 19-line poem consisting of five interlocking triplets/tercets plus a concluding quatrain in which the first and third lines of the first triplet appear as refrains. The middle line of each triplet is repeated, reappearing as the last line of the succeeding triplet with the exception of the center line of the next-to-the-last stanza which appears in the quatrain.
Meter: Varies (isosyllabic)
Rhyme: A1BA2 bCB cDC dED eFE (envoi) fA1FA2 or fFA1A2
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