Analysis of That Darn Clock
THAT DARN CLOCK
By Eula E. Bourne
Tick tock, tick tock
Doesn't that ticking ever stop?
Ticking and tocking the whole day through
Keeping the time
For me, for you.
Tick tock, tick tock,
Seems that ticking never stops.
Tocking and ticking from morning to night
Telling the time
And keeping it right.
Tick tock, tick tock,
Please-can't someone make it stop!
Ticking and tocking as loud as can be
Driving me crazy
Goodness me!
Tick tock, tick tock,
All that ticking HAS to stop!
Tocking and ticking and keeping me wake.
SHUT THAT THING OFF!!
For goodness sake!
| Scheme | axAbcdc Axede Abfff Abgxg |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 11011 1111 10110101 10010111 1001 1111 1111 1110101 101011011 1001 01011 1111 111111 100111111 10110 101 1111 1110111 101001011 1111 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 535 |
| Words | 99 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem one night when I was kept awake by the loud ticking of a living room clock
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