submission by Negar Gorji

[Negar Gorji]

Elegy for the Death of Literature

Dionysius, muses and nymphs,
Where art thee,
John's revelation is coming true

O, shakespeare!
Thou shall compare thy beloved to a winter's day.
Though men can breathe and eyes can see,
Your beloved is wandering under death's shade.
Men are banished to "Mantua"
Or are lost in "Paradise".

No more love, true love
No more beauty, closed eyes
No more cheer, withered hearts

But thee, Shakespeare!
Do not concern,
Now, your beloved can mourn for thee
For ever
An as long as men are banished
The eternal mourn will fill the silence of death.

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Note:

The second stanza has allusion to Shakespeare's 71 sonnet and the last stanza has allusion to Shakespeare's 18 sonnet.

Negar Gorji