Analysis of old age
old age must come
to everyone
theres no escape
for anyone
so when you stop
and wonder why
that you life
has passed you by
and if it makes you
feel so sad
remember your life
and all of the good times
you have had
| Scheme | ABCBDEFEGHFIH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 110 1101 110 1111 0101 111 1111 01111 111 01011 011011 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 199 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 167 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on September 29, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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