Analysis of Twilight of Life
Remember your Creator,
From those days back in your youth;
Back when the vitiator,
The evil days were uncouth.
The years draw near that you say,
You have no pleasure in them;
A time you no longer stray,
Fearful that God would condemn.
When the sun would not grow dark,
As well as the moon and stars;
And when the clouds would embark,
After the rain would leave scars.
When the keepers of the house,
Tremble as strong men are bent;
Grinders cease while the spouse,
Windows are dimmed from light sent.
The doors on the street are shut,
The sound of grinding is low;
Daughters were stuck in a rut,
They had sung songs that were slow.
Rise to the sound of a bird,
Fearing not of what is high;
To desires of the Word,
The eternal home is nigh.
Mourners go about the street.
As the dust returns to earth;
As the Lord is there to greet,
The spirit in a new birth.
Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNMN A |
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101010 1111011 1101 0101011 0111111 1111001 0111101 1011101 1011111 1110101 0101101 1001111 1010101 1011111 101101 1011111 0110111 0111011 1001001 1111101 1101101 1011111 1010101 0010111 1010101 1010111 1011111 0100011 10101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 904 |
| Words | 206 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 29 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Remember Your Creator in Your Youth Ecclesiastes 12:1-8
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