Analysis of True Test of Time
Twelve o' clock when I checked in
The fire cold, the lamp lit dim,
The room was warm despite the flame
Which once had roared and now was tame.
Twelve o' clock I took to rest
An open book across my chest,
And so it seemed or soon to be
The sleepers' dream I now would see.
Twelve o' clock I woke to rise
With clouds of dream drawn from my eyes,
However strange this sleep was though
For twelve o' clock the clock did show.
Twelve o' clock and bound to find
A selfish crime had stopped the time,
The question asked to answer true
On life depends all that you do.
Not twelve o' clock when I checked out
Not twelve o' clock without a doubt,
Not twelve o' clock I clearly see
At no point does time stop for me.
Scheme | XXAA BBCC DDEE XXFF GGCC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110 01010111 01110101 11110111 1111111 11010111 01111111 01011111 1111111 11111111 1011111 11110111 1110111 01011101 01011101 11011111 11111111 11110101 11111101 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 686 |
Words | 143 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on October 19, 2009
Modified on March 05, 2023
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