Analysis of The Star
We follow the star.
We can’t make use of its hydrogen and helium
The mix of gases that comes together to form it
But we follow the star.
We follow the star.
It’s nuclear beauty is enchanting
Lulls us into a photonic trance
So that we don’t know better
We can’t see better
We can’t hear better
All we can do is follow.
We follow the star.
Follow it’s dazzling light
So bright that it can blind us
And it does.
And as we stagger, we still continue
To follow
Because the star is all we know
Some don’t follow the star.
Some find other beauties
Other enchanting sights
That tear them from its interest
They hide their new knowledge
Keep their discoveries to themselves
But some spread the word
Let their discoveries ripple through
The chain of star-followers
And unrest builds,
A trance
is broken
Scheme | Axxa Axbcccd Axxxedd axxxxx xexxbx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11001 1111111000100 0111011010111 111001 11001 1100101010 1101011 1111110 11110 11110 1111110 11001 1011001 1111111 011 0111011010 110 01011111 111001 111010 100101 1111110 111110 110100101 11101 110100101 0111100 0011 01 110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 826 |
Words | 166 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 7, 7, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
About this poem
This poem is about unrest, and rebellion from a depressive system. I based this off of a student protest that happened at my high school after a series of racist events against black teachers. Our voices needed to be heard, but we were just too afraid to let them out because of what our school forced into us. This poem shows that process, how the trance that our teachers and faculty had chained to us had been broken.
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Written on March 26, 2022
Submitted by nanadenaike on May 22, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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