Analysis of What of age
Joseph Berolo 1934 (Bogotá)
What of Age?
Sad do not feel
when facing wrinkles,
fallen leaves
and petals strewn
upon the garden
of our autumn days.
For if all that surfaces,
changed and pale and aged,
is the burned skin
of long ago departed
summer days,
but still, the soul survives
in the blessed state of mind,
by love surrounded
and much peace and joy
for deeds well done,
íWhat of Age, but brightness,
and a sweet recline
upon a peaceful dawn!
Scheme | X XXXXABXXXCBXXCXAXXX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 111 1111 11010 101 0101 01010 110101 1111100 10101 1011 1101010 101 110101 001111 11010 01101 1111 111110 00101 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 430 |
Words | 89 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 19 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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by love surrounded and much peace and joy for deeds well done,
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