Analysis of Laika



When our eyes first met -
At the karaoke pub,
The night sky once dark -
As my thoughts back then
Became light blue back again;

You were the only star up there.
Shining bright as Venus
Waving me like the Moon;
And as a satellite
You used me a couple times -

Then rid me off.
Leaving me in the cold -
Cold void,
That I still call “my heart”;
Stuck to the star
I do still love -


Scheme XXXAA XXXXX XXXXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 110111 100101 01111 11111 0111101 10010111 101110 101101 01010 1110101 1111 101001 11 111111 1101 1111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 382
Words 90
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 6
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Written on January 21, 2024

Submitted by cowoods on November 28, 2024

Modified by cowoods on November 28, 2024

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