Analysis of Tempered With Time



in chronological measure,
I am in my prime.
my health is the only treasure.
cossack B and Epstein bar steal my time.
I reveal only strength,
in denial of the reality and alone.
building up walls to lethal length,
my body then my soul,a loan.

one regret or gripe.
love and be loved.
am I the marrying type?
lacking is attackin between us beloved.

maybe you didn't see vulnerability.
A great deceit so U believed the lie.
 mind twisted I see it's my liability.
hopeless heart heavy, as I sigh.

where did my love go end up?
a delay or forgotten apology.
no reason to wake up?
today perhaps we meet my apologies.


Scheme ABABCDCD EFEF GHGH IGIX
Poetic Form Etheree  (20%)
Metre 0010010 11011 11101010 101011111 101101 00101010001 10111101 1101111 10111 1011 1101001 101101101 10110100100 0101110101 11011110100 10110111 1111111 00110100100 110111 01011110100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 589
Words 114
Sentences 18
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 118
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on October 12, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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