Analysis of Chronos
Seth Haynes Warner 1984 (North Pole, Alaska)
Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock…
The revolution of the second hand,
In orbit around the clock face,
Fulfilling its intended purpose and,
Deleting seconds at a steady pace.
These seconds become minutes,
Accumulating into hours, days, then years,
Until we reach our corporeal limit,
And receive that visit we’ve long feared.
But how do we confront the end with grace?
We must make proper use of our time,
Knowing the clock is a tool to embrace;
Accepting that limited days are by design.
Time waits for no woman nor man,
So disregard the years, days, and hours.
Instead we must focus on the second hand,
Living each moment with vigor. Empowered.
Scheme | X ABXB XXXX BXBX XXAX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 001010101 01001011 0101010100 0101010101 1100110 01000110111 011110110 001110111 1111010111 1111011101 1001101101 010110011101 11111011 101011010 01111010101 10110110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 667 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Written on April 09, 2020
Submitted by sethhayneswarner on April 11, 2022
Modified on March 22, 2023
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