Analysis of When That Tock Slows
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
When that tock begins to slow,
The ticking of a clock.
We all will know,
God is approaching near...
A door to once be closed to open wide,
Eyes to see...
That stage of life to invite,
Another phase to experience and explore...
What God has in store to offer even more,
Mysterious excitement.
Never before to witness.
Never before to have its existence validated.
Or prepare for what is there to share.
With anyone else here.
To hear or see to leave behind to find.
For ourselves alone.
When that tock begins to slow.
To eventually stop.
What we knew to be convinced was true here.
To introduce something else,
Completely different and new to adventure!
When that clock to watch time goes,
To another place forever eternally timeless.
Scheme | Axaxxxxbbx cxxdxxAxdxxxc |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111 010101 1111 110101 0111111101 111 1111101 010110100001 11101110101 0100010 1001110 10011110101000 101111111 11011 1111110111 100101 1110111 1010001 1111101111 101101 010100011010 1111111 10101010010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 734 |
Words | 153 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 13 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 288 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
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