Analysis of What of age



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
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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Submitted by aveviajera on December 09, 2022

Modified on April 10, 2023

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Joseph Berolo

Joseph Berolo, Colombian born. swiss italian descendant. Poet and writer founder of Naciones Unidas de las Letras, United Nations of the Arts dedicated to promote world peace and harmony through the teaching of poetry and the Fine Arts in the heart and minds of young people,. more…

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