Analysis of Circling the Moon



circling the moon, chasing comet tails,
i spied a creature hiding behind beams
shining light years away across desert
expanses, dancing through solar winds
spiraling like a celestial jewel sweeping
through the heavens, waiting for
the moment
the time
the space
to open wide a dimensionless plain
and appear from disguise as a star
of love
of passion
of hope
to close tight the widening unknown
disappearing into my world as a thing
of beauty waiting to be loved as a glow
wishing to be discovered as the poem
that never again hides love behind
curtains of cosmological design.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOEPQRS
Poetic Form Tetractys  (45%)
Etheree  (45%)
Metre 1000110101 1101010011 1011010110 010101101 100100101010 1010101 010 01 01 1101011 001101101 11 110 11 111010001 0100111101 11010111101 10110101010 110011101 101101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 557
Words 99
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 473
Words per stanza (avg) 99
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Submitted by mijena6 on April 27, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Jeffrey Lynn Naylor

Retired Professor of Literary Criticism, Philosophy, and Religion. Father of 6, grandfather of 6. A lover of all life has to offer. I have traveled the world, lived and worked among many cultures discovering that all people are essentially bound by a common thread. more…

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