After reading Chaucer, our teacher has told us to write our own 10 couplet poem following iambic pentameter about a person, like Chaucer did. I wrote about Major Tom from David Bowie's song Space Oddity, but I just want to make sure I got the form down. I'm afraid I may have not done it correctly in some spots, so any help is greatly appreciated, I know you guys probably get topics like this everyday.
Major Tom
Transmissions gone, our spaceman floats through dark The Major Tom in his celestial ark.
The ground control is waiting for reply Have they propelled man into space to die?
Our rocket man in panic, staring back at Earth He soon discovers what his life is worth.
Disordered strange thoughts pace themselves throughout His mind. No man can hear his helpless shout.
Outside the capsule, floating through a new Frontier. He studies Earth’s most brilliant hue.
Euphoric whimsy from galactic strides Space sheds romance not offered by all brides.
Tom, stuck in darkness, worries no bit more Instead enjoys deep space’s griping lure.
An errored system blessed the Major with His freedom, once believed to be a myth.
Return was pointless now with what was gained. Becoming self-aware, no longer feigned
Today the people wonder what became Of spaceman Major Tom, forever famed.
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