Analysis of Paper Time Machines
Handwritten collections composed or addressed, are much more than just scriptures or thoughts
Scribbles and notes of scattered ideas, memoirs of battles been fought
Paper that's folded either fancy or flat,
holding onto the secrets of many
A vessel for words one might like to say whether seldom and few or of plenty
Reminders of moments we would like to relive, and of those we may wish to forget
Stories retold like scenes of a film, your imagination to be as wild as you'll let
A forgotten first love and the way that you felt, you swore it was together forever
Whirlwind affairs and stories of lust and of things that you swore you would never
Reminiscent hysterics of yesterdays gone, evoking the same fits of laughter
An echo of sorts to a time we once were, a replication of a happy ever after
Pages with faded crayons and smiles, a few misspelled words never mattered
A mother's reunion any time she feels lonely, now that her small family is scattered
Timeless encounters of those who have passed, each letter can bring them to life
Bring a grown man to tears while he falls to his knees as he reads the last words of his wife
One man's hello and another's goodbye, a dear Jon that still holds it's pain
Each stain like a scar, each stain a reminder catching tears as though they were rain
Cherish each note, letter and card each one is a key that unlocks
A timeline of sorts, a preservation of life, paper time machines kept in a box
Scheme | AX XBB CC DD DD EE FF GG AX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001001101111111011 1001110010111011 10110101011 1010010110 01011111111010011110 010110111101011111101 10111101100101111111 0010110011111111010010 101010110111111110 010101101010011110 11011101110001010101010 10110101010111010 01001010111101101100110 100101111111011111 101111111111111011111 11010010101111111 1110111001010111101 101110011110111 01011001011101011001 |
Characters | 1,451 |
Words | 273 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 61 |
Words per line (avg) | 14 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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This poem is my tribute to the forgotten beauty of a handwritten letter
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