Analysis of Wings In Fall



In fall, the limbs feel
the red rising butterflies
or their falling leaves
like bleeding palms. Cannot fly.
'Tis a distinct sense of life.


Scheme ABCDE
Poetic Form Tanka 
Metre 01011 011010 11101 1101101 1001111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 138
Words 25
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 110
Words per stanza (avg) 24

About this poem

We cannot stop the disappearance of the butterflies. They become a symbol of endangered life. These butterflies use their beautiful wings to fly in an aerial dance until they find the nectar of the flowers, those flowers making fruits to hold seeds, those seeds sprouting into new plants. Redwings and leaves in the wind look like sores in the sunny sky.

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Submitted by Marieta on January 03, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Marieta Maglas

Ardus Publications, Sybaritic Press, Prolific Press, Silver Birch Press, HerEthics Books, and some others published the poems of Marieta Maglas in anthologies like Tanka Journal , Three Line Poetry #25, Three Line Poetry #39 edited by Glenn Lyvers, The Aquillrelle Wall of Poetry edited by Yossi Faybish, A Divine Madness edited by John Patrick Boutilier, Near Kin edited by Marie Lecrivain, ENCHANTED - Love Poems and Abstract Art edited by Gabrielle de la Fair, Intercontinental Anthology edited by Madan Gandhi, and Nancy Drew Anthology edited by Melanie Villines. Her poems have been also published in journals like Poeticdiversity, I Am not a Silent Poet, Our Poetry Corner, and Antarctica Journal. more…

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