An Unexpected Harvest

~ Candace

d’Verse Poets Pub – Polyptoton

Polyptoton is a rhetorical device used for style and persuasiveness. It is a special kind of repetition where the common base of a word is repeated, but not the whole word exactly.

One example of this is “I dreamed a dream.” Others would be “a song unsung” or “life worth living”.

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An Unexpected Harvest

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I seeded some seeds found in a bag

An unmarked bag left in a drawer

I seeded the seeds that surely must be

The Lupines from a friend

I seeded those seeds in freshly turned dirt

Rich, humusy dirt from my compost

I seeded brown seeds in a curvy row

Behind the Shasta Daisies

I seeded many seeds then patiently waited

For the spectacle of purple

I seeded unknown seeds expecting flowers

Instead, I got a lovely row of beets

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Published by Candace

I am a reader, a writer, and a snapper of photos

19 thoughts on “An Unexpected Harvest”

  9. Love the repetition combined with the polyptotons, really works here. Implicit is the repetitive quality gardening entails and the rhythm of those repetitions when weeding or planting. The twist at the end was a fun surprise.

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