Analysis of The Hours of Life are Running away Fast.
HILAL AHMAD MIR 1980 (Haigam Tehsil Khoie District Baramulla Kashmir India)
The Hours of Life are Running away Fast.
The hours of life are running away fast
Like the Sun goes on to reach his bourn.
Nothing is here to curb the hands of the clock
Like no one can stop the journey of the Sun.
I have lost those beautiful childhood days,
The loving hand of my father on my head,
The warm soothing lap of my dear mother.
Those days of gewgaws are now no more.
No care,no pressure, no fear of right or wrong.
Ah! That silver sleep.Ah!Those sweet days.
That candor,that innocence,those pure smiles.
Who can bring me back those beautiful days?
Mounts of throes welcome me at every turn .
Wildness, lewdness, deceit,guilt rule these days.
Love is gone, waves of spite toss to and fro.
Eyes flow like streams, making troughs and crusts.
The child of yesterday is father of today.
Greenery is nowhere, Autumn sways the world.
Blessings have gone,maledictions have colled us.
Time has changed! Nights have taken reins of days.
| Scheme | A A x x x b x x x x b x b x b x x x x x b |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011110011 01011110011 101111111 10111101101 11111010101 111110011 01011110111 0110111110 11111111 1110111111 1110111 11111 1111111001 11110111001 1011111 1111111101 111110101 01110110101 1001110101 1011111 1111110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 989 |
| Words | 213 |
| Sentences | 21 |
| Stanzas | 21 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
About this poem
The poem is about the power of time and the beautiful and carefree childhood.
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Written on May 16, 2022
Submitted by mirhilal16 on January 09, 2023
Modified on April 15, 2023
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