Analysis of Thimbles and Fairies
I lived life moment to moment
At times that distance seems so far
Yet it went by in the blink of an eye
A roller-coaster ride on a shooting star.
But this Peter Pan inside of me
Tells me adventure is still at hand
After all, I'm just a lost boy
Who had chosen the life of Neverland.
I found it once when I was young
In that place I kept my invisible friend
Oh the fun and times we shared
Living life like it knew no end.
As I got older I went less and less
Until I no longer could find the way
I had to adapt to the 'real' world
Family, bills, all work no play
Responsibilities and taking control
Helped me grow old and age
Every story must come to an end
And now I'm nearing the final page.
But don't expect to turn me into ash
Or plant me somewhere in the land
Just sprinkle me with 'pixie dust'
I'm flying back home to Neverland...
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC XDXD XECE XBXB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11110110 11110111 1111001111 01010110101 111010111 110101111 10111011 1110011100 11111111 01111101001 1010111 10111111 1111011101 0111101101 111011011 10011111 0010001001 111101 1001011111 011100101 1101111011 1111001 11011101 110111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 896 |
Words | 180 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
About this poem
I guess this is a last ditch effort to hide from father time...lol
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Written on April 23, 2017
Submitted by jerrylogie on September 06, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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