Analysis of Your Time is Not Mine
Time is a funny matter
but it is not a laughing matter
Its power is momentous
just one single piece of it
can alter life as you know it
In its cuffs, we are imprisoned
forced to abide life
at a speed of its choosing
Eyes of youth look upon
time’s temperamental taunts
as cruel a torture one can bear
the patience time seeks of children
Is like the slow, painful journey
of a turtle crossing an infinite freeway
For the well-aged
Time’s upbeat rhythm outpaces
the best of intentions
Moments dash to the finish line
Before they are seen on the horizon
forcing light to a life not truly lived
A single day creeps by
Each second of the clock
Tick… tock… tick
The same day flashes by
In the short moment
that you close your eyes.
Time’s an individualized show
from nature’s cruelest mistress
Its hold, a film from a captivating angle
A greater power none possess
More than time’s hold over our lives
The irony lost only those within its grasp
Take time’s hand, use its guide, and heed its call
Stop, slow down, but make haste
With or without you time will move on
Waste not want not
Your precious time
you don’t know how much you get
For time is a funny matter
but it is not a laughing matter
Scheme | aA bcc xxx dxx exx xxx xex fxx fxx xbx xxx xxd xxx aA |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (38%) Tetractys (25%) |
Metre | 1101010 111101010 1101010 1110111 11011111 01111010 11011 1011110 111101 10101 110010111 01011110 11011010 10101011001 1011 111010 011010 10110101 0111110010 1011011101 010111 110101 111 011101 00110 11111 11010001 1101010 11011010010 01010101 111110101 010011010111 1111110111 111111 110111111 1111 1101 1111111 11101010 111101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,232 |
Words | 251 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
About this poem
This poem is about how perspective affects your view of everything. Time for instance. As a kid time moves so slowly, all you want is to grow up. I would impatiently wait and wait for summer to end because I missed school. Then you grow up and time speeds by. These days every day feels faster and fast and it does not feel like there will ever be enough time to finish everything I want to accomplish. Perspective-- changes everything.
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Written on February 26, 2022
Submitted by chellebelle77 on February 27, 2023
Modified on March 14, 2023
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