Analysis of Vision's Gift
The older I get…
the closer I become to the things I can’t see
The older I get…
the more I’m amazed by the things that surround me
The older I get…
the longer the nights and the dreams that they bring
The older I get…
empty words falling mute—each new season to sing
The older I get…
those women that I loved I now carry inside
The older I get…
that child I once was to return with a smile
The older I get
the deeper I embrace the reason I’m here
The older I get
each moment a gift—with its vision so clear
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2018)
| Scheme | Ab Ab Ac Ac Ax Ax Ax Ax x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011 010101101111 01011 011011011011 01011 01001001111 01011 101101111011 01011 110111111001 01011 11111101101 01011 01010101011 01011 11001111011 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 567 |
| Words | 109 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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