Analysis of Not Meant for this World
A playful snout where a bill was
Ears where graceful wings should be
Fur-like white down feathers
Goosey boy, Bilo, now above
Flying south for the winter
Maybe home when spring returns
Or somewhere in the stars, remaining
Perhaps he’ll come to meet us
But he’d probably blow our minds
You’re a star now,
Bowie
Where you once played
Now an ocean of sorrow
In the wake of your taking flight
Where to? I’ll always wonder
Chasing stars in my dreams
You’ll forever be
The little dog entrusted to us
Now only a happy memory
Scheme | XAXXBXXCXXA XXXBXACA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011011 1110111 111110 1011101 1011010 1011101 11001010 0111111 111001101 1011 10 1111 1110110 00111101 111110 101011 10101 010101011 110010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 534 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 8 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 206 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
About this poem
I wrote this in the wake of losing my dog, Bowie. He always kind of reminded me of a goose, and as for the other reference, “Bilo,” was to the movie “Borat.” Sort of a nick-name for when he had to be placed in his kennel. Also, I wanted to play into his namesake, a reference to the Star-Man himself David Bowie.
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Written on November 01, 2022
Submitted by r3dPyramid on November 02, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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