Analysis of Time In a Mirror
Nathaniel Hackey 1983 (Madrid)
A waltz...
My eyes dance as they stare
Every morning and every night
I stand in front of that mirror
Counting seconds
To add hours
Watching the days pass by
Only growing older
Unable to break this glass of time
When will the pain reflect in my tears?
For the glass only sees what I allow
But it can't see me screaming
Yelling...pleading for help
Or is it the past that is hidden?
Covered by all the sand of time
Soon too deep to reveal, but it's
Time in a mirror
To remind me that I'm still alive
| Scheme | XXXA XXXAB XXXX XBXAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01 111111 1001001001 11011110 1010 1110 100111 101010 010111111 110101011 1011011101 1111110 111 111011110 10110111 11110111 10010 101111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 516 |
| Words | 118 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
About this poem
Watching time pass, just by seeing the reflections change in the mirror, is a scary way to live.
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Written on January 21, 2023
Submitted by Nathaniel40 on February 01, 2023
Modified on April 20, 2023
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