Analysis of Time



Time has no throttle
It plows the same through sun or snow
The longer we live, it seems faster
But never, was it slow

Our memories deceive us
Thinking we had more time back then
But the pages of our life turn constant
Not scattered in the wind

We ran a faster race
When youth was on our side
But that stopwatch is the same
As the one that stops when old, we die

Of all our trials
Time turned out to be a friend
For without its constant tic
Life's travels would not of began


Scheme XAXA XXXX XXXX XXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11110 11011111 010111110 110111 10100011 10111111 10101101110 110001 110101 1111101 111101 101111111 111010 1111101 1011101 11011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 476
Words 99
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 24

About this poem

All I will say is, make the most of your time and slow your life down, so that when you get older your memories will be sweet.

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Written on August 15, 2018

Submitted by baways on March 19, 2023

Modified by baways on April 28, 2023

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Barry W Smith

 · 1963 · Laon

I'm a Christian, husband, father and Bepa to one granddaughter. I live in the panhandle of Texas. more…

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