Analysis of Wings of Chance



Wings of Chance

Fate, as the wind, knows no certain way
Its yesterdays are not today’s
Yet with, and like, the hawk fate glides
On silent wings…on moon-borne tides

Soar on these wondrous wings of chance
Glide o’er the clouds…rejoice the dance
While ‘round you still the music burns
In tempo with fate’s fickle turns

Enjoy the flight…still, watch the time
Keep one eye on the ancients’ rhyme
Of laughter’s close relation, tears
Of gods’ descents to mortal fears…


Scheme A XXBB AACC DDXX
Poetic Form
Metre 111 110111101 1101101 11010111 11011111 11110111 11010101 11110101 0111101 01011101 11110101 1110101 11011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 486
Words 82
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 20

About this poem

Inspired both by the passing of John Kennedy, Jr, and my first son, Brian Charles Robertson, this poem speaks to the fragility of life, and issues a call to fully appreciate the time allotted each of us…

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Written on 2005

Submitted by Writeonpi on March 27, 2024

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Charles McKendree Robertson

Born in the Belgian Congo (now the DRC) to American missionaries…formative years spent in Africa, Europe, and eastern United States…attended University of Tennessee Knoxville and University of Maryland College Park…Professions: Art Importer, Real Estate Agent, Licensed Private Investigator, Forensics Accounting Specialist, Accounting Staffing Manager…Passion: Creative writing, including poetry, short stories, and (current goal) completion of a full length manuscript… more…

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