Analysis of Before the time

Mark Cloutier 1972 (Kaneohe)



Speed and light
Flash of the cameras
Step into the light
And you'll be a Darkstar
To rise and fall
Before the time
Some are tormented by it
Some find it in the pleasures they seek
So finder's are keepers
And losers are weepers
And don't forget
Because they all remember
You have to walk the line
For degrees in heights
Climbed in all that transpires
In every funeral pire
So light the fire
And smoke it all
Going down in flames
Is a house burning like the sun
In the night sky


Scheme ABACDEFGHBICJKHCCDLMN
Poetic Form
Metre 101 110100 10101 01101 1101 0101 111011 111001011 110110 01011 0101 0111010 111101 10101 1011010 01001001 11010 0111 10101 10110101 0011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 456
Words 93
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 21
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 381
Words per stanza (avg) 93
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Written on May 12, 2015

Submitted by Markcloutier on September 26, 2021

Modified by Markcloutier on September 26, 2021

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