Analysis of Clock Tower

Charlene Delfin 1990 (Mandaluyong City)



A bright, blue sky and vast grounds,
Though there is a little shop.
There are not too many sounds
And not even a gallop,
But there are groups of roses
Amidst all the green grasses.
There's also a huge garden
Where all the plants are even.

All those glowing, golden lights
On tables in the library
During the deep, dark blue nights
With each shadow of a tree.
Then on a sunny morning,
There are gentle rays shining,
Brightening the museum
And its spacious, high-ceilinged room.

In the glow of ivory,
Listen to words and see
The friends and the family.

Sculpted in stone forever,
The statue sits on a chair
After the sun moved over
On a flight, stair upon stair,
Through tall, wide arcs and stained glass,
Over Tesla coils and brass,
The day retreats and retires
To rekindle like a fire.


Scheme AXAXXXXX BCBCDDXX CCC EFEFGGXE
Poetic Form
Metre 0111011 1110101 1111101 0110010 1111110 0110110 1100110 1101110 1110101 1100010 1001111 111101 1101010 1110110 1000010 0110111 0011100 101101 0100100 1001010 011101 1001110 1011011 1111011 1010101 0101001 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 759
Words 144
Sentences 7
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 3, 8
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 155
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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Charlene Delfin

Charlene Delfin is a Filipina poet and author who is a frequent participant of the annual Global Poetry Writing Month (GloPoWriMo). more…

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