Analysis of Reincarnation
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
I don't really understand that process
Called reincarnation.
But, if there is such a thing,
I'd like to come back
As a star in the cosmos.
A flicker of light unbound by time,
Suspended in eternal expanse.
To be a celestial body,
Holding stories within my fiery core.
Birthed from the remnants
Of exploding supernovas,
A cosmic phoenix rising
From ash and stardust.
To radiate warmth and brilliance
Across the vast emptiness.
Watching over distant galaxies
In a silent dance,
Illuminating the night sky's tapestry,
While whispering secrets
To the moon.
To bear witness to the birth of planets.
And see the demise of nebulae,
to feel gravity's pull,
yet remain weightless,
knowing that my existence defies reason.
To exist simply for the sake of being.
Unobserved yet undeniably present,
Granting wishes with each twinkle,
Inspiring poets and dreamers
To map constellations
With trembling hands.
To be a star in the cosmos,
A conduit of hope and wonder,
An eternal reminder
That even in the dark,
There is always light.
Scheme | ABCX D XEFX XACXXG XEFHXH IIGBC XIXXX DJJX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11100111 100010 1111101 11111 1010010 010110111 010001001 11001010 10100111001 11010 10101 0101010 1101 11001010 0101100 101010100 00101 0100011100 110010 101 1110101110 0100111 1111 10110 10110100110 10110101110 11010010 10101110 01010010 11010 11001 11010010 010011010 1010010 110001 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,033 |
Words | 209 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 1, 4, 6, 6, 5, 5, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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