The Arrow and The Man



I sit at the window, as the day is dark and dreary,
when I sit there as I read, I start to grow weary.

I saw something fly by,
it ripped right through the sky.

There she was, standing there,
A dance I wanted to share.

I grabbed my shoes and my cane,
I thought I was going insane.

There we were in the rain, dancing,
just her and I were prancing.

There it was, the arrow once more,
and it ripped right through her core.

I awoke to a book on my chest,
and shoes off my feet,
and clothes on me dry,
I stood there thinking, I didn't even say Goodbye.




About this poem

The poem, The Arrow and The Man follows an older man that misses his wife and falls asleep so he starts to dream about what it would be like to see her again.

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Submitted by CrazyFox8965 on November 16, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

42 sec read
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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA BB CC DD EE FF XXBB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 557
Words 139
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4

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