Analysis of Wasted Time
Terrence Sixto 1968 (San Fernando)
Looking back at where I've been
And all that I've been through
Laughter pain and agony
Of chances that I knew
I suffered long for my deceit
of no one but myself
By failing to acknowledge
The feelings that I felt
I tried my best to live the lie
As if it were the truth
But knowing well that all was done
Not knowing what's the use.
I look back from where I came
to where I am this day
At who I was, and who I am
and the price I had to pay
I can't go back and change the past.
There's nothing else to do
But don't waste time with regret
And live in truth for true.
Scheme | XAXA XXXX XXXX XBXB XAXA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (25%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1011111 011111 1010100 110111 11011101 11111 1101010 010111 11111101 111001 11011111 110101 1111111 111111 11110111 0011111 11110101 110111 1111101 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 567 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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