Analysis of The Young & The Old
Evans E Bradley 1949 (Washington, DC)
What is it with the Young & the Old,
One is so shy the other so bold,
The young looks to life for the thrill of the game,
The old remember all the suffering and pain,
The young look up to the old with eyes wanting to learn,
The old looks at the young in their eyes passion burns,
When a woman and man are a part of the two,
You can bet at some point what one of them will want to do,
For human nature is about the reality of life,
It doesn't care about the bonds of husband or wife,
So beware of the friends you meet as you grow,
Because if you are not on guard you may let your nature go,
If you cross the line it really is not the end,
For a lot of times you end up with a lifelong friend,
Age is important and it has its place in the way we live,
Don't let it stop you from sharing the experiences life gives,
You are entitled to make mistakes as you grow,
Be it The Young or The Old we never really know.
Scheme | AABCDEFFGGHHIIJKHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 111101011 01111101101 010101010001 0111101111011 011101011101 101001101101 11111111111111 1101010101011 1101010111011 10110111111 011111111111101 111011101101 1011111110111 110100111100111 1111111000100011 110101101111 1101101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 895 |
Words | 193 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 697 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 193 |
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