Analysis of Just A Tick In Time
Tick tock tick tock
Just a tick in time
Eyes follow hands around the clock
And I’m obsessed to rhyme
I need to write
I need to express
No matter the hour, day or night
These foolish notions I must confess
And to one, it might be nonsense
Yet to another
It just could be brilliance
Either way, it brings a smile to my mother
Staring at the contents of the refrigerator
Wasted time, well maybe so
Now it’s a minute later
Than it was a minute ago
Sometimes I’m perplexed
Between what I just did
And what I’ll do next
Guess I’m just an analytical kid
Have you never been split between yes and no?
Such triviality making up your mind
A decision sooner or later you know
But at the moment, you struggle to find
I ask forgiveness for wasting your time
And send you back to your previous endeavor
I’ll continue on with mine
As the second hand ticks on and on forever
Copyright © Dance Of The Poet's Pen 2006
Scheme | ABAB CDCD XEXE EFEF GHGH FIFI BEXE X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 10101 11010101 010111 1111 11101 110010111 110101101 01111110 11010 111110 10111011110 101010100100 1011101 1101010 11101001 01101 011111 01111 111101001 11101101101 1010010111 00101011011 1101011011 1101011011 011111100010 1010111 101011101010 10110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 887 |
Words | 174 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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