No Words
Pitch-black night—
scintillas of supernal light
coalesced before my
uncomprehending eyes,
opened wide to survey
endless deep.
Heaven's milky path ablaze,
as never I had glimpsed—
the Galaxy—
remote, yet beckoning.
I spread puny arms
in tremulous embrace.
Slight murmur—
ineffable—imponderably deep.
And I seemed to hear:
“Gaze a moment more,
and I will thwart your insanity,”
for I was overwhelmed.
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Submitted on August 09, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAXXXB XXCXXX XBXXCX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 395 |
Words | 62 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
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