Analysis of Father Time
Kristan Shepherd 1959 (Los Angeless)
The way it goes down here on earth,
The clock starts at the moment of birth.
If all of us remember when the first word came,
the memory would seem so simple and plain.
The thought that I would never die
came to me as time went by
I will grow, and seize the day,
With my sword I'll win the day
Oh Father time why do you smile,
Don't you like the chivalry style
Father time said "Your still young
I fathered you to live my son."
In just a flash, a tic or a tok.
Your life may meet a sudden stop
I give you all the time I have
and soon yourself will be a dad.
my time is up dear son of mine,
It's now your turn to Father time.
Since that day my tic and tok
were two great kids on the earthly clock
My life was good as it was fine
my precious job fathering time !
Scheme | AAXXBB CCDDEXEX XXFGEXFG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111111 011101011 111101010111 01001111001 01111101 1111111 1110101 1111101 11011111 11101001 1011111 11011111 010101101 11110101 11110111 01011101 11111111 11111101 1111101 011110101 11111111 11011001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 762 |
Words | 164 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 195 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Written on October 12, 2021
Submitted by kristan_shepherd on October 12, 2021
Modified on March 19, 2023
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