Analysis of A Sonnet To Grow Older
A Sonnet To Growing Older
My heart now speaks to me of ageless things
Of solitary walks down country lanes
Of quilted calico with simpler schemes
Unhurried times, a pause, as quiet rain
In memory drenched, the budding heart reviews
Her nightly liaisons in twilight realms
Illusive childlike carousel renews
Majestic pensive thoughts and hopeful hymns;
With joy rekindles ! Magic carousel
It moves round and round in measured beat
Bewitching power of music sounds compel
The ageless ones to rambunctious retreat !
Unhallowed fruit of age-
My heart can sing !
Redeeming time to catch the brass-bound ring
| Scheme | X XXXX AXAX BCBC XDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011010 1111111101 110011101 1101011001 0101011101 01001010101 01001011 01011001 0101010101 1111010 111010101 110110101 0101101001 1111 1111 0101110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 601 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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