Analysis of Tempus Fugit



Divine love, eternity, the galaxy so vast:

One focuses on that which forevermore lasts.

Answers forthcoming. Questions unasked.

Help us surrender to our Savior, an iconoclast,

Live for today, forget tribulations past.

People ponder good and evil’s contrasts

While earth lies blanketed under snowy blast.

Each ordinary day passes uneventful, fast,

Nobody sees what good deeds one bypassed,

Or which boundaries were foolishly trespassed.

A true believer remains loyal, steadfast.

Regardless which season or day of the week

One thing is for sure, rest one must sneak.

Seize each minute, each hour, each day!

Life goes on, not always forlorn or bleak,

One need not let time slip slowly away.

One’s will should be strong not weak!

The future arrives. One cannot take a peek!

The high ground one ought to seek!


Scheme A B A A A B A A A A A C C D C D C C C
Poetic Form
Metre 0110100010011 110011111 10110101 1101011010110 1101010101 1010101010 11110010101 11001100101 1111111 1110001001 0101001101 01011011101 111111111 111011011 111110111 1111111001 1111111 01001110101 0111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 910
Words 206
Sentences 15
Stanzas 19
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 34
Words per stanza (avg) 7

About this poem

Reflection on 'time'

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Written on November 11, 2021

Submitted by Adventure22## on November 11, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:01 min read
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Melita Catalina Warren

I am a senior citizen, visual artist, and inspirational poet. My spiritual quest to know Jesus Christ intimately relates to many of my rhymes. However, I also write romantic rhymes and rhymes drawing from other topics. One of my goals is to illustrate my rhymes with my original drawings. more…

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