Analysis of Time
Frederick George Scott 1861 (Montreal, Quebec) – 1944 (Quebec City, Quebec)
I saw Time in his workshop carving faces;
Scattered around his tools lay, blunting griefs,
Sharp cares that cut out deeply in reliefs
Of light and shade; sorrows that smooth the traces
Of what were smiles. Nor yet without fresh graces
His handiwork, for ofttimes rough were ground
And polished, oft the pinched made smooth and round;
The calm look, too, the impetuous fire replaces.
Long time I stood and watched; with hideous grin
He took each heedless face between his knees,
And graved and scarred and bleached with boiling tears.
I wondering turned to go, when, lo! my skin
Feels crumpled, and in glass my own face sees
Itself all changed, scarred, careworn, white with years.
Scheme | AABACDDCEFGEFH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111010 1001111101 1111110001 11011011010 11011101110 11011101 0101011101 0111001010010 11110111001 111110111 0101011101 11001111111 1100011111 011111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 688 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 542 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 117 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 21, 2023
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