Analysis of Lost Moments
Time is a curious complicated friend,
It fleets; it flees, but will never end.
With great potential, it is easily squandered
And through its' hours I've helplessly wondered.
Today, a special moment eluded.
It's fate, its destiny, its doom, I concluded
Desire and promise again is suppressed
Conquered, subdued, I'm totally distressed.
The minutes come. The hours go
And thoughts of love, both ebb and flow.
When is it my turn? What is the matter?
I have none to court and no one to flatter.
Another day has found the crapper
And left me trampled and much less dapper.
Another day of lost potential
No aspirations have proved essential.
Hopes and dreams cast asunder
Traded for boredom, the bus threw under.
Nowhere to go, nowhere to be
No place to visit, no one to see.
Alone with my thoughts and my many wishes,
Another day ends, in a sink full of dishes.
And once again, as often I see
Many lost moments, reflect history.
Scheme | AABB XXCC DDEE EEFF EEGG XXGG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 1101001001 111111101 110101110010 01110110010 0101010010 111100111010 01001001101 1001110001 01010101 01111101 1111111010 11111011110 01011101 0111001110 010111010 101011010 1011010 1011001110 111111 111101111 01111011010 010110011110 010111011 1011001100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 900 |
Words | 164 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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