Monday, February 8, 2021

The Last Apricot

Read "The Last Apricot" at The Eldritch Dark:

http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/poetry/283/the-last-apricot

This haiku from Clark Ashton Smith (CAS) includes an interesting example of consonance, where each line concludes on a syllable ending on the letter "t" (it, rot, cot).  

Those hard consonant sounds embellish the central image of the apricot "splashed in rot", an interesting twist on the "haiku moment" where the insight is disappointing rather then elevating.

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