Analysis of Adolescence



At night when you stare into a star
You can drift off into afar
Sometimes this star can make you cry
Make you so sad that you are willing to die
But you can stare a little longer
And it is not so bad
You can think of the good times that you had
Then the next time you cry could be tears of joy
From the memories you had as a girl or boy
A star can always help you think
It can straighten your life when it has a kink
Sometimes a friend does not seem enough
When you lose your worries for a moment
They will never be as tough
You may think a star is just a fire in the sky
But to me it is a companion I will never deny
When and if there is a time of need
There is a friend in the sky that my thoughts will feed
Until it is time for my life to end
And I will die knowing God gave me a best friend


Scheme AABBCDDEEFFGHGBBIIJJ
Poetic Form Etheree  (25%)
Metre 111110101 11110101 01111111 11111111011 111101010 011111 1111011111 10111111111 101001110111 0111111 11101111101 010111101 1111101010 1110111 1110111010001 111110010111001 101110111 110100111111 0111111111 011110111011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 775
Words 177
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 618
Words per stanza (avg) 177
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Submitted on October 07, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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