Analysis of Aging
We all age.
Some well.
Some, not so well.
Aches and losses
Hold sway over
Our day.
Family and friends who’ve passed before
Dispirited, we surmise
Eternally rage
Their shorted tide.
Longing and loss
Can knot the heart
But losing to age
Wins its release.
Aging can bless us to be
The one who we wish we were.
The one the dog believes we are.
To smile at anyone anywhere.
Can ask for help without no shame,
And offer it without no blame.
Fear no longer
Casts its pall
A shadow so long and tall.
The sun of wisdom
Shines so bright
Chases shadows out of sight.
Memories are a film-house vault
Many defy the natural fault.
Missing that car by
Happenstance
Life granting yet
Another chance.
No longer fear
The End Is Near
For again we’ll see
Faces dear.
Scheme | ABB XCX XXAX XXAX DCX XEE CXXXFF GGXHXH IIDI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 11 1111 1010 1110 101 100011101 0100101 01001 1101 1001 1101 11011 1101 1011111 0111110 01010111 1111010 11110111 01010111 1110 111 011101 01110 111 101111 10010111 100101001 10111 10 1101 0101 1101 0111 10111 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 759 |
Words | 163 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 6, 6, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
About this poem
I am now 70 years old and I lost many friends last year including a dear friend I have known since grade school I began to feel like aging was a curse. I needed to explore this feeling.
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Written on February 10, 2023
Submitted by brettster1952 on March 28, 2023
Modified on March 29, 2023
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