Analysis of AGE
Jody Jolly 1969 (NY)
As I age I begin to see,
How time has slipped away from me ,
Puts a pit so deep inside its hard to believe,
How did it , why did it take so long ,
Why didn't I feel the pit growing, way down with out knowing.
If I could have only seen sooner.
| Scheme | AABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110111 11110111 101110111101 111111111 110110110111110 111110110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 244 |
| Words | 57 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 179 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
About this poem
Just came to me as I was sitting in my truck. Let truth be in my words .
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Written on November 17, 2022
Submitted by breezyann2007 on November 17, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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