Analysis of Hands of time
Roberta Schwesinger 1986 (Michigan)
I wish I could turn back the hands of time,
So that you were here with me.
If only I wouldn't have been so dumb,
Then maybe you would still be here with me.
I wish I would have treated you better.
You gave me all I wanted,
And I took advantage of it.
I wish now that I wouldn't have taken advantage of you.
Why couldn't you have told me no?
Instead of letting me use you?
For now, I am full of guilt and remorse.
I never had the chance to tell you how much I loved you.
Now your gone and I'll never have the chance to tell you.
I wish I would have told you,
But now it's too late.
So, with guilt and a heavy heart I go on with my life.
Scheme | ABCBDEFGHGIGGGJK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110111 1110111 1101101111 1101111111 1111110110 1111110 01101011 111111011001011 11011111 01110111 1111111001 11010111111111 1110110101111 1111111 11111 11100101111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 639 |
Words | 152 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 476 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 137 |
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Written on October 30, 2002
Submitted by taylorschwesinger on October 11, 2022
Modified on March 23, 2023
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