Analysis of LATER
Kristine M. Conlan 1954 (Australia)
Contemplation
no expectation
realization has arrived.
Full sedation
no moderation
is the reason I survived.
Reckless style of living life
with all its joys and all its strife
was like cutting butter with a knife
too easy for me.
A troubled mind can be unkind
unless you learn to unwind.
Be the captain of your own ship
even when you start to slip...
hang on to the sides.
calmer waters lie ahead.
You can sleep when you are dead.
We don't always make the bed
we are forced to lie in.
| Scheme | AABAABCCCDEEFFGHHHI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010 1010 1010101 1010 1010 1010101 1011101 11110111 111010101 11011 01011101 0111101 10101111 1011111 11101 1010101 1111111 111101 111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 484 |
| Words | 100 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 19 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 381 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 91 |
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Written on February 01, 2022
Submitted by conlankristine on January 31, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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