Analysis of Gone But Lingering
Then with sudden abruptness
The roar of engines
With awesome thrust and
Relentless power forcing the huge wings
To lift higher and higher
Soon in a trail of vapor
Machine and people are gone
Leaving the grounded without a trace
Still the crowds linger
Some mourning the departed
Others embraced in reunion
And all emotions fall in two:
Love or Fear
Separation more apparent than real
The illusion of distance
Clouds out the truth of oneness
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110010 01110 11010 0101010011 1110010 1001110 0101011 100100101 10110 1100010 10010010 01010101 111 010101011 0010110 1101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 425 |
Words | 76 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 182 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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