Analysis of Time Flies
Time flies but it still has to clear customs.
Much to its annoyance, time must declare lost years,
wasted days, and stolen moments upon entry.
Time must also pay duty on any tinctures, stitches, and nicks it might he carrying.
And even though the customs delay might cause time to miss its connecting flight, officers are required to search all suspicious luggage for they know all too well
that time often hides anger, regrets, and grudges
in its zippered compartments.
And the last thing customs wants is for more
anger, regrets, and grudges to enter the country.
Scheme | XXA X X XX XA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111110 111010110111 101010100110 1110110110101001111100 0101010011111110101100101011101010111111 111011001010 0110010 0011101111 1001010110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 577 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 1, 1, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 50 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
Thought it would be fun to play with the idiom "time flies" and to personify time as a person passing customs.
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