Analysis of Age
Age is….
Well, age
Is not the wrinkled skin,
The waisted years
The inner tears
The lack of mirth.
It is not the thinning hair
And creeping girth.
It’s not the timeless aches,
The crippling agues of life’s mistakes;
It’s not regretting honesty.
Age is….
Well age
Is the subtle twist in what is said,
The shade of truth,
The nuance of what is left unsaid,
The hidden lie.
| Scheme | ABxxxcxcddx ABexex |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 11 110101 011 0101 0111 1110101 0101 110101 010011101 11010100 11 11 101010111 0111 010111101 0101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 384 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
About this poem
Our perception of age changes as we become older
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