Analysis of "The life of old"
The mattress lay,
Beside the blue ribbon
Old grey hair,
Is the new golden
Broken backs,
May feel like hopeless
But the navy anchor,
Speaks experience
A few pennies,
For the cracked and rusty bowl,
Silver is the best tribute,
For the fallen unknown
All was sacrificed for the new age
The blankets don't respond,
Like always
As the sun stares shadily,
Behind the curtains
Most days are spent,
On the wooden crooked chair
As it swings,
Praying for easy relief
Every wrinkle,
Is a folder of broken dreams
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101 010110 111 10110 101 11110 101010 10100 0110 1010101 1010110 101001 11101011 010101 11 10111 01010 1111 1010101 111 1011001 10010 10101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 502 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 15, 8 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 200 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
About this poem
The poem is about an old man's life,as he looks back at his past achievements and failures,he is at a time were he is now at the verge of self comfort and justifying purpose
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