Analysis of Old and Deaf
An old man set in my way,
I tire at the thought of someone changing my ways,
like stone weathered by rain,
still present despite times uncontrollable rage,
a weary opponent of standard phrase,
I become sickened at the conformists of the day,
rebuttaling the impersonal traditions of the considerate,
I wonder when the subtle conversations will become intimate,
I am an old man set in my ways,
I can't even hear what you say.
| Scheme | ABCDBAEEBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111011 110101111011 111011 11001101001 0100101101 1011010010101 100100010100100 1101010010101100 111111011 11101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 415 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 339 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 75 |
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Submitted on August 10, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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