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Originally posted by Carol Taylor:
Ash gray eyes, short-cropped-straw-light-near-white hair,
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There are many things to admire about this one, including how it varies the refrain smoothly and unobtrusively, allowing the poem to extend beyond the usual 19 lines (an artistic decision which in itself enacts the poem's nightly obsession with Claire) while still remaining musical.
May I just add how I admire this particular Hopkinsesque line, with its sprung rhythm and 10 strong monosyllables, how it embodies the poet's emotional reminiscence--through the stresses and that mouthful-of-a-precise adjective used to describe the hair.