Analysis of Shooting Star
Belinda Richmond 1979 (Chicago)
If I were a Shooting Star I would be Free
Grant People wishes and Let it Be
You could Watch me Fly as I start to Soar
Make Dreams come true and so much more.
Across the Horizon and through the Night Sky
The Galaxies, planets and so very high
Past the moon and past the planets
Up up and away and passing by orbits.
As the Earth Orbits around the Sun
As the twinkling Stars Twinkle in the sky
As the shooting star shoots right by
Across the Night Sky So Very, very High!!
If I were a Shooting Star Wow!! What a Sight!!
To see me Shoot Across the Sky at Night.
A Spectacular Vision you must see.
To make a Wish and to Only Believe!!
| Scheme | AABB CCDD XCCC EEAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11001011111 110100111 1111111111 11110111 01001001011 01001001101 10101010 11001010110 101100101 10100110001 10101111 01011110101 11001011101 1111010111 0010010111 1101011001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 638 |
| Words | 140 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Written on May 02, 2022
Submitted by belindar.65825 on May 02, 2022
Modified on May 01, 2023
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