Analysis of Tick Tock
Tick tock asks the clock
"How many days before you die?"
Tick tock mocks the clock
"How long will you just move like trees,
To and fro the same axis?"
Tick tick sings the clock
"Tomorrow won't echo my ticks,
You better live your best today."
| Scheme | ABACDAEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 11010111 11101 11111111 1010110 11101 0111011 11011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 244 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 184 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
About this poem
This poem is a reminder that time waits for no man. We must commit to being the best version of ourselves while we live.
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