Analysis of Time spares no one



Every hour now
is like a moment brief,
my last years in this world
I'm spending in mischief.

Rusty mirrors show me
that my days have passed,
but youth never thinks
that time runs so fast.

Dark hair of mine
now has a gray shade,
and all my lovely memories
have begun to fade.

Pale skin in which I'm trapped
is of wrinkles full,
each day my heart wonders
Why are years so cruel?

Yellow roses in my garden
had always been bit shy,
when I leave this earthly ground
Will they also die?

And when the time comes
to do my last button,
only one mystery
Will I be forgotten?


Scheme XXXX ABXB XCXC XXXX DEXE XDAD
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 100101 110101 111011 110010 101011 11111 11101 11111 1111 11011 01110100 10111 110111 11101 111110 111110 10100110 11111 1111101 11101 01011 111110 101100 111010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 571
Words 129
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 73
Words per stanza (avg) 19

About this poem

I have always been intrigued by the passage and perception of time, and how people make peace with the fact that they only have a very limited time in this world, so I decided to write a poem from a perspective of a very old woman pondering about this concept.

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Written on March 16, 2023

Submitted by icanovic.sumeja on March 16, 2023

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Sumeja Ičanović

I come from a small European country called Bosnia and Herzegovina. I grew up in a village and later I moved to a bigger city, because of my studies. I have a BA and MA in English language. Today, I live in Egypt and I enjoy learning about different cultures. more…

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