The Coming Of The Night
Joy
takes on
a dire effect
Its absence
filled
with sorrow
Its loss
inflicts
a greater harm
Than grief
can buy
or borrow
Joy
when brief
endows with fear
A pain
to mark
its passing
To dread
the coming
of the night
With
sadness mourned
— and lasting
(The New Room: October, 2025)
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Philosophical meditation on joy's paradox; somewhat abstract yet rooted in personal emotional experience.
Multiple interconnected ideas about joy, loss, grief, and fear compressed into 12 lines.
Overwhelmingly negative; explores sorrow, harm, dread, sadness. Joy referenced only as absent/brief.
Contemplative tone with some urgency in final couplet; mostly measured despite weighty subject.
12 lines total; falls in 7-15 line range for score 3-4.
Metaphorical treatment of joy/grief; personification of abstract emotions; controlled but present ornamentation.
Pure lyric internal voice; first-person emotional introspection; no narrative or dramatic persona.
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