Analysis of The Cries of Time
The hours cry by,
Struggle yet all you may,
They cry either way.
Scheme | ABB |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tercet |
Metre | 01011 101111 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 64 |
Words | 15 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 3 |
Lines Amount | 3 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 49 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
About this poem
I chose Time as my subject. Since people always blame not having enough or more time for something, why not think about how Time feels.
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Written on August 15, 2022
Submitted by cfeijoo on August 16, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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