The Bubble
See the pretty planet!
Floating sphere!
Faintest breeze will fan it
Far or near;
World as light as feather;
Moonshine rays,
Rainbow tints together,
As it plays.
Drooping, sinking, failing,
Nigh to earth,
Mounting, whirling, sailing,
Full of mirth;
Life there, welling, flowing,
Waving round;
Pictures coming, going,
Without sound.
Quick now, be this airy
Globe repelled!
Never can the fairy
Star be held.
Touched--it in a twinkle
Disappears!
Leaving but a sprinkle,
As of tears.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 13, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA BCBC DEDE DFDF GHGH IJIJ |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 463 |
Words | 78 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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