Analysis of ~75~



Aging?
Aging is a gift.
And a blessing received to get it.
With it known,
Every second of every moment to witness...
Is one's business to stay,
Alert, aware and self testing one's own...
Consciousness.
With a keeping eyes exercised and prepared,
For those close up contacts.
That seem to appear and come from nowhere.

I can say for a fact.
Talking and laughing with and at myself,
Is more gratifying...
Than awaiting for someone else,
To get what is going on in my own mind.
Done then to attempt to explain,
Aging is a wonderful thing to experience.
Especially the cussing part of it.
Yes!
Many expect the older one gets,
Cussing for no reason...
Is an honor as if to validate,
Being annoyed and aggravated...
Has ended and no longer tolerated.

Ahhhh...75!
Who knew such bliss could be like this.
With respect to get and careless to give it.
But...
Will do it anyway.
Afterall,
Few suspect reaching to get 75 years old...
Is more like an adventure to explore,
What can be said and to who the truth...
Upsets to hear it told.
Then to laugh,
Watching and listening to reactions.
As those offended,
Try something to do or say that makes sense.
That seldom does!

And they call this easy stuff to eventually get,
Wisdom!
When I already had it much younger.
But then...
I didn't look the part.
Although,
Subjected to be called the 'wise-ass' I was!


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Poetic Form
Metre 10 10101 001001111 111 10010110010110 111011 0101011011 100 1010110001 11111 111010111 111101 100101011 11100 1010111 11111010111 11101101 1010100110100 010010111 1 100101011 101110 1110111100 10010100 1100110100 1 11111111 10111010111 1 11110 10 101101111 1111010101 111101101 011111 111 1001001010 11010 1101111111 1101 01111011010001 10 1101011110 11 110101 1 01011101111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,347
Words 292
Sentences 34
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 11, 14, 15, 7
Lines Amount 47
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 257
Words per stanza (avg) 61
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Written on April 21, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on April 21, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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