Analysis of I stand in front of the grandfather clock



I stand in front of the grandfather clock,
Watching the hands, waiting,
Waiting for it to reach the hour,
I stand there hearing the,
Tick,
Tick,
Tick,
I take my eyes off it and look at the door,
Locked.
My eyes go back to the clock,
Only seconds have passed,
I bow my head and pray for the hour to come faster,
But the clock stays the same speed as it always does,
I look back at the door,
Locked.
Too tired to stand, I sit, looking up at the seconds’ hand,
Watching it slowly move over each number,
I can’t take my eyes off of it,
I might miss the hour,
“Please, come soon, I need you.”
I look at the door,
Still locked.
I feel the vibration of my phone,
“I’m sorry, I can’t come over tonight, I will come over tomorrow I promise.”
The door stays locked.
I make my resting place in front of the clock,
Scared to leave it,
I fall asleep with my phone in my hand,
My eyelids looking up, at the clock,
And my ears tuned in to the lock.
I wake up minutes before midnight,
I sit up and watch the clock until the hour comes.
I check the door,
Locked.
The seconds finally hit the hour,
The clock rings out,
And I watch the door,
I feel my phone vibrate.
“I’m so sorry, I’ll come over tomorrow.”

I stand in front of the grandfather clock.


Scheme AxbxCCCdEaxbxdEfbgbxdexxeagfaaxxdEbxdxx A
Poetic Form Tetractys  (23%)
Etheree  (23%)
Metre 110110101 100110 101111010 111100 1 1 1 11111101101 1 1111101 101011 11110110101110 10110111111 111101 1 110111110110101 10110110110 11111111 111010 111111 11101 11 110010111 11011110011111001110 0111 11110101101 1111 1101111011 11101101 01110101 11110011 1110101010101 1101 1 0101001010 0111 01101 111110 1110111001 110110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,282
Words 285
Sentences 13
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 39, 1
Lines Amount 40
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 463
Words per stanza (avg) 123

About this poem

This poem is about waiting for someone to come and getting let down again when you need them.

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Written on October 24, 2023

Submitted by Murraybeckm on October 26, 2023

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Archer Murray

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