Analysis of OLD-MAN TIME
Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)
Old man time comes
To steal the lives of others,
To replenish his own.
Even small babies
Are not immune from his theft,
Anyone's life will do.
Every New Year's eve
He arrives to take years,
From the innocent.
Once called Methuselah
Old-Man-Time is now
The name that he prefers.
Ruthless stealer of life
Not the loveable guy,
From old fairy tales.
No old gentleman
Just a life-sucking horror,
Stealing people's lives.
Lovers out courting
Find themselves strangely tiring,
Suddenly they're old.
No-one is safe from him
Young beauties become old hags,
In mere minutes.
Young hunks fast becoming
Dried out old geezers,
As Old-Man-Time passes.
As he takes their life
Babies become teenagers
Puberty bypassed.
Taking their life force
Old people are soon skeletons,
No-one can resist
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | ABX XXX XXX CXB DXX XXX EEX XAX EAX DBX XXX XXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 1101110 101011 10110 1101111 10111 100111 101111 10100 110100 11111 011101 101011 1011 11101 11100 1011010 10101 10110 1011010 10011 111111 1100111 0110 111010 1111 111110 11111 100110 1001 10111 11011100 11101 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 817 |
| Words | 138 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 12 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 36 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 56 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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