Analysis of I Cannot Fly Today
D Linden Thomas 1950 (MA)
I cannot fly today
Yet perhaps last night
We flew between the stars
Who can tell?
Tomorrow will no doubt
Be like today
But not always
Not everlastingly so.
I sew the scenes
Of our escape
While sitting here tonight
Sleepily concealed
In this weighted room
And happily involved
In inward visions
Of eventual flight.
Please pardon
My distraction.
I am so immersed
In a solitary search
For solar satisfaction.
| Scheme | ABCDEAFGHIBJKLMBNNOPN |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 10111 110101 111 01111 1101 111 111 1101 11001 110101 10001 01101 010001 01010 101001 110 1010 11101 001001 110010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 405 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 21 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 331 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 70 |
About this poem
Moments at night trying to meditate.
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Written on June 30, 2010
Submitted by Davidlind on September 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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