Analysis of When You wish Upon a Star
Thomas Portman 1949 (detroit)
When You wish Upon a Star
FORTY MILLION LIVES HAVE BEEN ABORTED THUS FAR!
LET'S IDENTIFY EACH ONE WITH HIS/HER OWN LITTLE STAR.
SO, WHEN WE DWELL ON THE STARS AT NIGHT;
WE'LL REMEMBER THE ABORTED AND THAT HIDEOUS SITE!
WE CAN REFLECT ON THE DISTANCE OF EACH LITTLE LIGHT AND COMPARE IT WITH THE GROWING INSENSITIVITY OF MURDER IN GOD'S SIGHT!
HOW LONG WILL ITN LAST, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE
BEFORE MAN RECTIFIES THIS HORRENDOUS MISTAKE?
SO, WHEN YOU WISH UPON A LITTLE STAR
MAY YOUR WISH BE MAN'S AWARENESS THAT HE HAS DRIFTED SO FAR!
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110101 101011101011 1010111101101 111110111 10100010011001 11011010111010011101000100110011 1111111111 0111011001 1111010101 111110101111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 559 |
| Words | 104 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 420 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 98 |
About this poem
Wrote two poems against abortion in the 80"s
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