Analysis of Getting Old
My 80th birthday has now arrived
I guess I'm lucky that I'm still alive
My wife has said that I was not bold
I guess that how I got to be this old
And my life has been better than gold
If the rest of my life is as good as the past
There is no reason I should not last
If I keep the love of my family
I could live as long as an old oak tree
But when I finally fold my tent
It was really worth the short time i spent
The best part of all my life
Was to have three great kids, thanks to my wife
| Scheme | ABCCCDDEEFFGG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101 1111011101 111111111 1111111111 011111011 101111111101 111101111 1110111100 1111111111 111100111 1110101111 0111111 1111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 479 |
| Words | 112 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 377 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 112 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 07, 2023
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