Analysis of Time



Time
By Bob Curran
12-12-2013
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The tide is turning and churning
The clouds are passing by
Humankind has come to the brink
And now faces extinction
Time marches on
We’ll drown in our waste
If we don't make haste
Recycle today
you put it off anyway
It’s better to lie in the hay
Hit the snooze
And read the news
Pretty outside
The yard needs mowing
Look at the seeds you're sowing
Time marches on
You’re late for an appointment
The traffic, the traffic
Or you missed your bus
Count the seconds if you must
The hours add up
To a country on the verge of giving up
Nuclear war threatens
The hungry people on TV beckon
You look at the clock
Its time to eat
In the refrigerator is some meat
but you have to thaw it out
And while you are
You are not


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Poetic Form
Metre 1 1110 1 1 01110010 011101 1011101 0110010 1101 110101 11111 01001 111110 11011001 101 0101 1011 01110 1101110 1101 1111010 010010 11111 1010111 01011 10101011101 100110 0101011110 11101 1111 000100111 1111111 0111 111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 726
Words 149
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 34
Lines Amount 34
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 593
Words per stanza (avg) 147
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Submitted on October 28, 2017

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Robert curran

Bob fell into writing as an exercise in learning word pad, and dedicated his book of poetry,”Rainbows” to his parents who gave him the computer. more…

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