The dance
Tracy Mcfayden 1965 (Hull)
February 22Standing upon the stage,
Dressed all in white,
Hair an a bun spun with feathers,
Poised, graceful akin to a swan,
Starting to dance almost gliding,
Up onto your toes you spin on one,
Jumping, leaping twirling across the stage,
All to soon the movement stopped,
You drop to your knees arms outstretched,
The swan is dying,
She is no more.
About this poem
I caught an ad for swan lake on tv and this just came to me
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Submitted by Alwaysskint on February 05, 2022
Modified on March 12, 2023
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| Scheme | ABCDEFAGHEI |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 341 |
| Words | 74 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
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