Analysis of Clock
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
No stopping is a clock.
Watched.
To stop.
No stopping is the clock.
No stopping is a clock.
To remove time from the people.
No stopping is the clock.
To drop and stop the time we've got to move.
No stopping is a clock.
Watched.
To stop
No stopping is the clock.
Every seed that's planted slowly grows.
Every seed that's planted,
Has an expectation that unfolds.
No one knows where that planted seed goes.
To grow ignored.
With time to believe many can afford.
Unwatched.
But ready to receive the credit,
For something they had neglected.
If approval is accepted.
And attention to it gets to those,
Seeking benefits.
No stopping is a clock,
To stop and watch one's disrespect.
No stopping is a clock.
To dread a doing done to do.
Refusing to deny or excuse with alibis.
No stopping is the clock.
To watch it stop.
Or remove a doing done denied to do it!
Time to live remains to stay remembered.
And forgiveness to forget an experience,
Is seldom done to hear it said.
To leave behind as it is left dead.
Like a clock to stop it yet remaining watched!
Scheme | ABCA AxAx ABCA dexdffbxexdx AxAxxAcx xxggb |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101 1 11 110101 110101 10111010 110101 1101011111 110101 1 11 110101 1001110101 1001110 11010101 111111011 1101 1110110101 1 110101010 11011010 10101010 001011111 10100 110101 1101101 110101 11010111 010101101110 110101 1111 101010101111 1110111010 001010110100 11011111 110111111 10111110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,014 |
Words | 195 |
Sentences | 31 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 12, 8, 5 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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