Analysis of Ponderings



A quiet remembrance, of youth long passed,
silly flaxen haired girls who came and went
flash in and out of my minds eye.
Deeds once dreamt and left unfulfilled
haunt a silent regret. The misspent songs
of youth lay on empty ears, new tunes, more
sombre and requent fill their void.
Adonis in his prime, has given way to
this greying, withering shadow of his
former being. His persona nods a quick
acknowledgement, but moves swiftly away,
not wanting to see what may become.
Slugged feebleness is now routine,
usurping former strength of both body
and mind, was yesterday really so
long, long ago! My mind and body do conspire
against me, I have no choice but to them
comply, little else can I do, trying to
remember the golden times, now tarnished
and hidden from my lessening view.


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Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Metre 0100101111 101111101 10011111 1110101 1010010011 1111101111 101111 01001111011 110100111 10101010101 0100111001 110111101 111101 101011110 01110101 1101110101010 0111111111 01101111101 0100101110 010111001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 763
Words 139
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 622
Words per stanza (avg) 139
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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