Analysis of Taking Time
Christopher Gordon Williams 1953 (Hobart)
Slim pretty young thing
How long until you’ll wear my ring?
I don’t want to rush & do the wrong thing
But bide my time until I hear bells ring.
Ringing out for you and me
On that day hand fasted we’ll be
But I am prepared to wait
Because I know it’s together, our fate.
So not rushing in where angels fear to tread,
Biding my time until we are wed.
| Scheme | AAAA BBCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 11011 11011111 111111011 1111011111 1011101 11111011 1110111 01111010101 11100110111 101101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 357 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Written on January 01, 2004
Submitted by JanarraRhiamon on August 20, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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