Friday 7 June 2013

Flying Through The Air, by Joey Meffen

Flying through the air,
free as a bird.
No-one there to silence impair
with annoying sounds or an ill-placed word.
Flying through the air,
having so much fun.
No-one there to silence impair,
right now I'm the only one.
Flying through the air,
alarm lights flashing bright.
No-one there to silence impair,
fuel tanks damaged, I see the light.
Falling through the air,
no-one there to silence impair.

This poem is about someone flying in a plane alone and enjoying his solitude, until his plane is damaged and he starts falling out of the sky. It is an English sonnet, and has the proper ABABCDCDEFEFGG rhyme scheme to match. This poem has symbolism (the plane is a symbol representing the person's
 life, alone with no-one to save it when it gets in trouble), an allusion (I see the light, Line 12) and a simile (free as a bird, Line 2).

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