I was the Sun
Isabella Morgan 2007 (Brighton)
He was but a boy
So innocent and kind
The world was cruel to him
But pure divine was how he was designed
A boy with chains of wax
Like that which melted down his back
Scars dripping down his skin
A bird whose wings tortured him
When the sight of freedom
So bright and unrefined
A hope hidden behind a mask of humankind
So I watched him laugh and soar and fly
I was the sun and I watched him die.
About this poem
A take on the classic Greek myth, Icarus, from the point of view of Helios, the Greek Titan, and representation of the Sun.
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Written on March 02, 2023
Submitted by isabella.pmorgan09 on July 06, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCBDEFCGBBHH |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 395 |
Words | 82 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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