Analysis of Starships Christmas Eve 1973
LOUISE QUINN 1944 (Waycross)
You watch from above us. We watch with
Eyes fixed upon the heavens. We long to
Catch a glimpse of your presence hovering
Above. You streak across the sky only to
Stop and stare at us. We long to reach
Out our hands in friendship. Fear is
Within us. Your knowledge of dimensions
Escapes us, and we are in awe of you.
But you will break the communication gap,
And we will go to your lands. We will
Fly many light speeds away and pass
Through time and space. We will rearrange
Our molecules and we will colonize the
Stars and explore the unknown as always.
| Scheme | ABCBDEFBGHIJKL |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111011111 1101010111 1011110100 01110101101 101111111 110101011 0111101010 0110110111 1111000101 011111111 110110101 11011101 1010011100 100100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 540 |
| Words | 106 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 436 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 106 |
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