Analysis of Aging A Delight



My mirror grieves me showing age with haste,
Reflects too well that I am growing old;
That where those clear, blue sparkling eyes were placed
There's two dark sinkholes that I now behold.

That handsome, smooth, impressive manly brow
Expanding higher, deep with wrinkles be,
And hair, what's left, so grey and crispy now
Like grizzled moss upon some ancient tree.

My cheeks, once flush and full, now sunk and lean
And lips, with age, now cracked and wafer thin.
Once pearly teeth, most fallen out so clean
That when I eat, my nose does touch my chin.

These lines do scorn but meant for one's delight;
They were not written out of sheer despite.


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
Poetic Form Shakespearean sonnet 
Metre 1101110111 0111111101 1111110101 111111101 1101010101 0101011101 0111110101 1101011101 1111011101 0111110101 1101110111 1111111111 1111111101 1011011101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 630
Words 115
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 126
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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