Analysis of Like Larks, Planes Sing Prodigiously



Pale blue plane climbs by,
limns line on wide white clouds
spread out of soft blue hills’
white rock, while pale light high
and silent shines. Uncrowded
bright horizon’s still
till high-pitched hum comes down.

Soul, satisfied, replies,
soft sigh drifts up to sound
blue emptiness of sky
where plane went, loathe to stay
too low. Where’s plane away to?
Matters not. Long after,
heart still hears its laughter.


Scheme AXXABXX XBABBCC
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 111111 111111 111111 01011 10101 111111 11001 111111 110011 111111 1111011 101110 111110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 401
Words 69
Sentences 6
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 7
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 162
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on April 17, 2023

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