Analysis of Hour Hand Too Fast
The second hand of the clock
moves so steadily in its circular route
Minute by minute
Hour by hour
While my years
Like birthdays spin happily
The old adage
Time will tell!
Doesn’t it tell you too?
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (33%) |
| Metre | 0101101 11100011001 10110 10110 111 111100 0110 111 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 198 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 157 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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