Analysis of Children of Time
Yesterday was first in line.
Past, gone, is this brother mine.
Matured, a passage of time.
Today, I am, yet to be,
Growing, seeing, all to see.
Present now, and finding me.
Tomorrow, unborn, a dream
A sister of hope, a beam,
Future child of time unseen.
Barbara A Cadogan © 2012
| Scheme | AAX BBB CCX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101101 1111101 0101011 0111111 1010111 1010101 011101 0101101 1011101 1000001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 270 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 52 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on March 18, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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