Analysis of Shooting Star



Falling Stars are beautiful to the eye
But no one can feel the flaming inferno burning inside
Everything is slowly disintegrating into ashes
All of my dreams are fading away
My football career has got a bad sway
My water has flowed away
Age want let my grandmother stay
My life is a dazzling burnout
I inspire smiles while I want to cry out.
A billion dollars couldn't cure my ills
My spirit is already being methodically killed.
Listen to my sorrows being spilled.
Reality constantly relegates me to a monotonous grieve.
My nightmares want give me a reprieve.
Many think my future shines bright
Silently my hopes spiral out of sight
Many consider me a majestic star
In actuality I'm a ball of fire wrecking like a car.
Enjoy the smiles that my fire kindles.
Because before long my flame will dwindle.


Scheme ABCDDDDEEFGGHHIIJJCK
Poetic Form
Metre 1011100101 111110100101001 1011001000110 111111001 110111011 1101101 1111101 11101001 1011111111 0101010111 110101010010001 101110101 10100111001001 11111001 10111011 1001110111 10010100101 001010111010101 010111101 0101111110
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 782
Words 143
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 649
Words per stanza (avg) 143
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Submitted on April 30, 2011

Modified on May 01, 2023

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