Analysis of When I was young
When I was young 1956 (London)
I’m not young anymore
Things are much harder now
When I wake I’m sore
Will I sleep I’m not sure
When I was young and healthy
I longed to be wealthy
But now those days are gone
And I’d rather be young
| Scheme | AXAX BBXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 111101 11111 111111 1111010 111110 111111 011011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 216 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Written on October 10, 2022
Submitted by l-pugh1 on October 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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