Analysis of "Time, A Child of the Mind"

Thomas M. Scott 1948 (United States)




           "Time, A Child of the Mind"

"Time, you know, is a child of the mind.
Something we create at birth. Something
we harden into days that we then look back
on and come to believe all kinds of things
about our day-creations --- things like
‘I'm too skinny’ or ‘I'm not a pretty as  
she is’ or ‘as handsome as he is’,  
forgetting that Life or God, if you will,
knows Itself in an absolutely unique way
as each one of us. Time, you know, is a
child of the mind."   

Thomas M. Scott, Th. D           May 30, 1999
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Scheme A AXXXXXXXBXA B
Poetic Form
Metre 101101 111101101 101011110 11001111111 1011011111 0110101011 11101110101 111110111 0101111111 10101010011 1111111110 1101 10111111 1
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 560
Words 118
Sentences 7
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 11, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 120
Words per stanza (avg) 37

About this poem

A personal reflection on time, in the human experience . . .

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Written on May 30, 1999

Submitted by TMScott on January 04, 2022

Modified by TMScott on January 04, 2022

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