Analysis of Once More We Can Fly



Once the trial is over. Once the sweat is dry.
Life returns to normal. Once more we can fly.

Once the grief is over. Once the ache is gone.
Life returns to normal. Once more we can fawn.

Once the rage is over. Once the flame is low.
Life returns to normal. Once more we can glow.

Once the storm is over. Once the gale is past.
Life returns to normal. Once more we can blast.

Once the clash is over. Once the war is won.
Life returns to normal. Once more we can fun.

Once the angst is over. Once the fret is spent.
Life returns to normal. Once more we can vent.

Once the vogue is over. Once the haute is in.
Life returns to normal. Once more we can grin.


Scheme AA BB CC DD EE FF GG
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 101011010111 10111011111 10111010111 10111011111 10111010111 10111011111 10111010111 10111011111 10111010111 10111011111 10111010111 10111011111 10111010110 10111011111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 640
Words 133
Sentences 28
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 70
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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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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