Analysis of Fierce Flight
They raced through the open county for miles
Sharing whispers, nods and knowing smiles
Two stolen mares drove their flight
One dappled grey, one black as night.
A kinship that blossomed from early years
Shared secrets and laughters forsaking fears
More sisters than friends as time would relay
Destiny ripe as they rode on their way.
Caroline, so dainty with long flaxen hair
A lady by birth so how might she dare.
Dark skin and eyes half peasant half slave
Mary rode without care be it fortune or grave.
Taking leave of the hall as everyone slept
To the stables with their garb they silently crept.
On a journey to freedom where blood lines won't rule
The fate of their bond should have never been cruel.
Days soon passed voyage of chances
Sheltering nights beneath low green branches.
Like men they fought against rapists and thieves
Alas, yon village a sigh of relief.
A small room at the inn with a pallet of straw
Hot bath that would soothe their muscles so raw
Cups in hand the future they toast
"We shall forge our new lives in this town by the coast."
But fate is fickle, hovered o'er them nigh
As they partook of their meal from outside rang a cry
The King's men had followed them quick on their trail
Death or swift punishment, one would prevail.
They ran for their lives, their love, their joy.
No one might stop them, no need to deploy
Screaming arrows whisked through the air
Mary and Caroline chose an end.....no despair.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF GGXX HHXX XXII JJKK LLEE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (63%) |
Metre | 1110101011 101010101 1101111 1111111 011101101 110010101 110111111 1001111111 101101111 0101111111 110111011 101011111011 1011011101 101011111001 101011011111 011111110110 11110110 1001011110 1111011001 0111001101 011101101011 1111111011 10101011 1111011011101 11110101011 111111111101 01111011111 1111001101 111111111 1111111101 10101101 1001011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,404 |
Words | 261 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 143 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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