Analysis of DARK STAR



Dark star sends no warmth
Down to the chilled minions,
Of this frozen land.

Unearthly wailing
The dark star touches its prey;
Capturing their souls.

Dark star sears its prey
Charring them through to the soul,
Leaving them to die.

Once a source of heat
Providing power and light,
Now a lifeless ball.

Now its only use
Is to suck away the trash,
That once were live worlds.

Dark Star not shining
Like a good star surely would,
Only black above.

THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


Scheme XXX ABX BXX XXX XXX AXX XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 110110 11101 01010 0111011 10011 11111 1011101 10111 10111 0101001 10101 11101 1110101 11011 11110 1011101 10101 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 495
Words 91
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 58
Words per stanza (avg) 13

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Dark star sears its prey Charring them through to the soul, Leaving them to die.

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Written on May 27, 2021

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on June 18, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Phil Roberts

I turn 65 on the 31st of January 2022. I love cats, rock music, and horror fiction and poetry more…

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