Analysis of My Star Burns No More
My life was brightened by your light,
I now sit in the darkness of the night;
Your love to me shown gleaming and sure,
Now I wait for you no more;
The deafening of time marches on for so long,
My eyes are blinded by the memory of your song;
My muse has left me in despair,
I now wait for my last breath of air;
I swirl in that black hole where no light escapes,
A star’s rebirth for whose light I shall wait.
| Scheme | AA XX BB CC XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 11110111 1110010101 111111001 1111111 010011101111 1111010100111 11111001 111111111 11011111101 0101111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 414 |
| Words | 98 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
About this poem
This poem describes the loss of my best friend, wife, and the best mom I have ever known.
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