Analysis of Eternity



One day time will stop
I will hear the last tick of the clock
On that day
when my spirit fails to stay
Some may think it strange
that I am not afraid
I believe our souls are made to show
All the Angels so that they know
how for eternity the stars do glow


Scheme ABCCDEFFF
Poetic Form Nonet (33%)
Metre 11111 111011101 111 1110111 11111 111101 1011011111 10101111 1101000111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 255
Words 56
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 200
Words per stanza (avg) 55

About this poem

this poem was publish I cant remember what year it was , somewhere between 1990 and 2010

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Written on April 04, 1994

Submitted on April 03, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Catherine A Saunders

Catherine A Saunders was born in the mountains of Virginia. With nine brothers and two sisters She was the middle child. At the age of 62 she remains happy to be free more…

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