Analysis of Floating With The Stars
Here I lay
With heavy limbs; grass all around me
Gazing up into the vast emptiness called
Home
Longing to reach my hands up and be amongst the stars
Only then will I truly comprehend the insignificance of our very existence
Amongst the stars I feel small
I float around and hear to what they say
Listen closely and whispers start to surround me
Reminding me of the things I hold dear
The distant train bells
The scattered evidence of human life
The hum of the lamp post
All soon to be quiet
Amongst the stars
Everything matters
Nothing matters
And as I lay in the grass with this knowledge,
I feel a bittersweet sense of dread
Someday
One day
I'll feel free with this knowledge
| Scheme | ABCDEFGABHIJKLEMMNOAAN |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 110111011 10101011001 1 1011111010101 1011110010010011010010 0101111 1101011111 101001011011 0101101111 01011 0101001101 011011 111110 0101 1010 1010 01110011110 11010111 1 11 1111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 681 |
| Words | 130 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 22 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 549 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 126 |
About this poem
This poem contemplates human existence and how people understand life through the universe. It uses strong imagery to depict the narrator's emotions.
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Written on April 08, 2022
Submitted by giannavitarelli on April 09, 2022
Modified on March 28, 2023
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