Analysis of spaceman



i/d like to be spaceman
travel ou t amongst the stars
explore the distant galaxys
beyound the brightest stars

i/d take a look
at all the planets
as i pass them
one by one

until my life is over
on and on and on


Scheme ABBB XXXA XA
Poetic Form Etheree  (70%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 111111 10110101 010101 10101 11101 11010 1111 111 0111110 10101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 200
Words 44
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 55
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted on October 15, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Alan Green 'Guppyman'

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