Analysis of A Fallen Star



I thought, once, when I walked at night
 beneath the shadows of moonlight mocked,
When the air stood still and the cold mist
 of my breath built clouds that fell into nothingness
 invisible,
When the forest as a tall, hushed fortress stood
And watched with me, with skyward eyes,
And saw the far-flung, cold diamond dancing
 of flames, of stars in the infinite heavens . . .

I thought, once, I glimpsed a fleeting light
Far-off, through the boughs of the tree-sentinels
 that saw me safe along an unseen road,
a shimmering spark in the dark of night
that beckoned me, that called me thence.

Had one star fallen for me alone?

Or had I seen
 the flames of your eyes calling me from far home?
One star had fallen there -
 for love, for love,
 it had been you.


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Poetic Form
Metre 11111111 0101111 101110011 111111101100 0100 10101011101 01111101 0101111010 11110010010 111110101 11101101100 1111011011 0100100111 11011111 111101101 1111 01111101111 111101 1111 1111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 737
Words 137
Sentences 7
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 9, 5, 1, 5
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 146
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Laura Pirard

I'm a 25-year-old, Christian, female music student living in New Mexico. While music is my life, I also enjoy writing fiction and poetry on a regular basis. more…

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