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


Scheme AXXXBBXX BXXXXXXA
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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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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