Taking Off
frantic wing
cutting wind
chilling brow
blurring ground
shortening runway
shrinking shadow
straining frame
torturing heart
failing spirit
faltering faltering
upward springing!
existence spanned
in one bright arc
a leaping rainbow
soaring soaring soaring
o may I live
thus slicing air
and when my time comes
so may I die
with whole heart
still springing upward
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXXXX BXCXA AXXBA XXXXCX |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 356 |
Words | 56 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 6 |
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