Tracks Of The Dinosaur
Smaller in the rearview mirror
the past retreats from view
Perspective changing rearranging
the old supplanted new
Fading in a dying focus
dust beyond the wind
Blowing wild beyond our memory
—fates forgotten hymn
(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on December 24, 2022
Modified on March 26, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABXB XXXX A |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 245 |
Words | 39 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
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