Analysis of Blast Off Rockets Roaring



Blast Off Rockets Roaring

Dappling lights decorate my celestial sky
After the dark night of despair
Shadowed moments with dread
Confining me on the cosmic shore
I am learning to swim
Instead of drowning
Walking instead of crawling
Getting up instead of quitting
The ocean of life beckons me
And my heart unfurls its sails.

Spontaneous steps erupt so effervescent
As the wellspring of hope
Comes to life and overflows
It happens because my eyes open
Looking upwards and forward
From the cave to the sky
New worlds open up and appear
Ready to explore I come out
Leaping toward the future
I blast off rockets roaring!

Copyright © 2023 Charles Edward York
No part of this poem may be used or reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any way or form or by any means electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise without the written permission of the author.*


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Poetic Form
Metre 111010 111010101 10011101 101011 010110101 111011 01110 1001110 10101110 01011101 011111 01001011010 10111 111010 110011110 1010010 101101 11101001 10101111 1001010 1111010 101101 111110111101100010101010010111111010100100010110010100101010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 878
Words 157
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 10, 10, 2
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 179
Words per stanza (avg) 38

About this poem

The audacity of hope requires action not for the faint of heart. Fortune favors the brave!

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Written on August 30, 2023

Submitted by charlesedwardyork on August 30, 2023

Modified by charlesedwardyork on August 30, 2023

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Charles Edward York

Charles Edward York is an author and poet activist living in Plano, Texas. He’s written over 1400 poems and published 17 books of poetry. Born in Vietnam and raised a citizen in Dallas, Texas, he writes poems that include the subjects of love and relationships, nature, social justice, including police violence against African-Americans and minorities, astronomy and others. more…

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