Analysis of just an old man
Just an old.man,
tired, hot, dishevelled
out for a walk in the sun.
breathing hard, unsteady, unsure,
as in a moment of terror,
his heart explodes through his body.
Just an old man,
feels in slow motion,
as his body crumples,
and hands don't reach,
out in time to break the fall,
as sirens wail,
as blue lights flash,
he watches the clouds scud overhead
" is he ok" distant voices,
" here they come now" fading,
" you'll be ok mate, just relax"
Just an old man,
with blurring vision.
eyes now closing,
drifting away,
hungry, scared,
almost gone,
heart pounding,
lying on the pavement,
on the corner by the park,
on a summers day in Archway.
Scheme | abaxxb Cadxxxxbded Caefbxebxf |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110 1011 1101001 10101001 10010110 11011110 1111 10110 11101 0111 1011101 1101 1111 110011101 11111010 111110 11111101 1111 11010 1110 1001 101 11 110 101010 1010101 1010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 660 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 11, 10 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 171 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on August 09, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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