Analysis of At 68
At sixty-eight I hesitate
What will tomorrow bring?
I'm not that man who said, " I can!"
With what was happening.
At sixty-eight I sometimes wait
To choose the path for me,
Like should I go not fast, but slow
In all that waits for me?
At sixty-eight I see my fate
As more than happenstance.
Because I find that peace of mind
Must not be left to chance!
| Scheme | ABXB ACXC ADXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1101110 11011 11111111 111100 11011011 110111 11111111 011111 11011111 11110 01111111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 354 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Written on January 11, 2024
Submitted by stevec.24118 on January 11, 2024
Modified by stevec.24118 on January 11, 2024
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