Thank you, "Maurer51". "Classical format" or "classical subject"? Its structure (format?) was actually unfamiliar to me with an intro that's identical to the pre-choruses, an outro, but no bridge ...

Meanwhile I've decided to stick to "Phoenix" as title and change the gender to neutral again because Simorgh is not known in the Western World. The second verse actually has nothing to do with Phoenix, but then, I doubt that anybody will notice.

I've written a second version that I've adapted for myself to eventually make a folk tune. That's even more traditional, each verse with six lines and the same rhyming pattern..

I'm German, by the way.

Thanks again, and see you around,
Bernd

Bernd
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