Clipped Wings
Clipped Wings
After lifelong wellness,
evading bites and stings,
heartiness is reversed when suffering clipped wings.
After lifelong comfort,
evading darts and slings,
all is helter-skelter when suffering clipped wings.
After lifelong safety,
evading slips and dings,
orbit is upside-down when suffering clipped wings.
After lifelong privilege,
evading counts and kings,
licensure is revoked when suffering clipped wings.
After lifelong freedom,
evading oaths and rings,
liberty is pell-mell when suffering clipped wings.
After lifelong soaring,
evading sprees and flings,
flight is topsy-turvy when suffering clipped wings.
© Wallace Dean LaBenne
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Submitted on June 15, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAA XAA XAA XAA XAA XAA X |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 678 |
Words | 90 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
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