Analysis of Closing time

Paul Marauder 1962 (Belfast)



I never tried to reach for the stars
I was always happy living in every bar
I’m still searching for a secret sign
But the clock on the wall says it’s
closing time

I crawled home to the sound of a crooked beat
I saw  bones on the corner of every street
Some were high and some was low
I saw broken souls everywhere I go

All around my hometown they’re pulling the
shutters down
Because it’s closing time
Closing time


Scheme xxxxA bbcc xxaA
Poetic Form
Metre 110111101 111101001001 111010101 10110111 101 11110110101 111101011001 1010111 111011011 101111100 101 011101 101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 425
Words 84
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 4
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 110
Words per stanza (avg) 27

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Poem is about towns turning into ghost towns

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Written on May 22, 2023

Submitted by pauljoe77 on May 22, 2023

Modified by pauljoe77 on June 11, 2023

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Paul Marauder

I’m a singer song writer. I have my own YouTube channel and fb page called Muriel’s Marauders. I love writing and drawing. I haven’t even tried to get anything published but I’m thinking of it. more…

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