Analysis of Wings of Chance
Charles McKendree Robertson 1952 (Luebo)
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 |
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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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