Analysis of Sometimes
Nandawula Regine Kabali-Kagwa (NRK-K) 2000 (South Africa)
Sometimes I feel like my clock is growing tired
Once healthy hands now trudge through the seconds
Barely making it through the hour
Just... Tired
Sometimes
Sometimes I feel like it's my fault
But how? When destiny is what made the clock... Mine
A determined one, always ready to march forward
But it's now unkempt, beyond dysfunctional
Although the clock was always mine
I feel separate from time itself
As if my purpose is quaking away in fear
In fear of... The Future
The inevitable will forever be lurking behind the shadows of reason
Patiently waiting for "The Moment"
To catch me off gaurd
Hinging it's Jaws to make defeat bleed out of me
But I stay rooted
Consistently like the nodding of the hour hand
As sturdy as the alignment of the 12 soldiers
That remain in their respectful position... Waiting
Scheme | AXBA XXCAX CXXB XXAX XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011111111010 1101111010 101011010 110 01 01111111 111100111011 001011101110 11101010100 101111 11101101 111101100101 011010 00100010101100101110 100101010 11111 11111011111 11110 0100101010101 110100101010 1010101001010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 829 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Written on June 30, 2020
Submitted by Nanda_Regine on June 20, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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