Analysis of Fly
Glide, soar, more and more
high in the sky
up, up, rise
then dive
down, around
windblowing, soaring
over hills, above the trees
sweep and swirl
drift, stray
twist and curve
fall
then surge
climbing, ascending
fly like a bird
free, at ease
ride the breeze
hover
sit in the air
still, calm, devoid of noise
looking down
scan around
seeing near and far
corn, scanning back and forth
moors, woods, wilderness
upwards,
winding river, finding sea
mountain peak
now, descending through the cloud
further still
hill and fell
landing gear down
lower still
tree top height
slowing down
level ground
on a perfect night
end of flight
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLFMGGNOPQERSTUVWXYZQY1 QE1 1 |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101 1001 111 11 101 110 1010101 101 11 101 1 11 10010 1101 111 101 10 1001 110111 101 101 10101 110101 11100 10 1010101 101 1010101 101 101 1011 101 111 101 101 10011 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 598 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 37 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 496 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 108 |
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Submitted on January 25, 2013
Modified on April 06, 2023
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