Analysis of Dying Star
On frosted lips, this kiss preludes the freeze...
As wanton dreams sink swollen hopes
Now dragging at my knees.
Upon this golden ice that longs to melt
in sunlight's gleam,
It seems I will forgo the wish, that cast you in my dreams.
Through seasons this wish once lay
Like a seed under the snow,
And all the while you walked upon, as each new day had shown.
On ice, on green, through muddied field
No land would slow your stride,
In barren space you found no trace, but my star therein did shine.
So bring your ashy snow in fall, take autumn full away
As wrestling leaves come stirring in
my dreams that never wake.
On fiery sparks that dance and lift beyond this full moon night,
I fly between my want and need
to burn within your sight.
Scheme | AXA XXX BXX XXX BXX CXC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111101 11011101 110111 0111011111 011 11110101111011 1101111 1011001 01011101111111 11111101 111111 010111111110111 11110101110101 11011100 111101 110011101011111 11011101 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 721 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on September 12, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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