Analysis of Fallen Star
Beneath a fallen star
from black velvet of night
wish not for what ye may perceive
suppressed
in a woven fashion of woes
which might bite
upon hearts that bleed
Loose love filled
with tones of tilts
and jags from wails
of blackened sough's breath
cry out within the darken veins
of fallen stars
as paths
overlie in death
Upon the shores of skies end
lit by magic of night's moon
from the fallen star shadow
does quake
within the will of man
for the trembling
of a woman's given hand
For the ashes
which pass within the fallen star
give reason to sanities closure
as dust surpasses thy eyes
in the return of heart
to wanting arms
in betrayal of darken coal
Heed not the wish of stars
that lead in the approach to love
for the holding twines thy own hearts
from shooting stars falling
endlessly
from the heaven's above
Scheme | ABXXXBX XXXCXDXC XXXXXEX XAXXXXX DFXEXF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (37%) |
Metre | 010101 111011 11111101 01 00101011 111 01111 111 1111 0111 11011 11010101 1101 11 101 0101111 1110111 101011 11 010111 10100 1010101 1010 11010101 1101110 1101011 000111 1101 00101101 110111 11000111 10101111 110110 100 101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 793 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 8, 7, 7, 6 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on March 23, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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