Analysis of The boy who could’ve flown
He used to be as bright as he was young,
Wanted to reach the sun with his wings yet unformed.
Once the time comes he always thought,
Then came time without a sound.
When it came he said he wasn’t enough,
That he couldn’t be a song but just a cog.
All the while his wings took form,
Made of gold and covered in flower.
How he could’ve flown he’ll never know,
Maybe that’s why he still seeks his song.
The boy who could’ve flown,
But never felt his wings to take off.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111111 101101111101 1011111 1110101 111111101 1111011101 1011111 111010010 11111101 101111111 01111 110111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 478 |
| Words | 104 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 355 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 93 |
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A poem about what could've been, of every dream that stayed a dream.
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