Phoenix
Now I know how Phoenix feels,
For I rose again, though I was dead.
Now I know it can be done
And what my fate will be in flight
Isn’t, finally, so important.
Only that I left the earth
To soar away towards the sun
As far as beating wings would take me.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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| Scheme | ABCDEFCG |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 247 |
| Words | 53 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
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