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 |
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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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