Analysis of Getting Older
This age has me shook
Like the pages of a book
Alone, folded, and creased
| Scheme | AAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tercet |
| Metre | 11111 1010101 011001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 75 |
| Words | 15 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
There are moments I look in the mirror and don't recognize myself. I question everything
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Written on February 16, 2023
Submitted by brentonar on February 16, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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