Analysis of When I Get Old

Kenneth R. Jenkins 1961 (Augusta, GA)



Just when the day wanes longer,
Legs and body not getting any stronger,
Memory short and not clear,
Times of ending days are near.

Hair turns from gray to white,
And it seems like you're not feeling right.
When you're hearing turns quiet
And you're not as fit but put on a strict diet---
That's when I get old.

When there's less and less of family and friends,
And it seems to wonder when will it end?
When the beginning seems far, far away  after day---
That's when I'm getting old.

Time is swiftly moving a long,
Super speed in minutes and time,
The winter years are quietly here
Those days you can't get back or even find---
That's when I'm getting old.

When family multiplies even more,
One by one and generation after generation,
They are your family strong and bold
Building up of what we have left---
This is the duty of family when I get old.

Looking back through the years
In the mirror of life it's self
Going back in time in space
Where knowledge is like  wealth---
As I 'm getting old.
5 Nov. 2018


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Poetic Form
Metre 1101110 10101101010 1001011 1110111 111111 011111101 1110110 011111110110 11111 11101110001 0111101111 1001011101101 111101 11101001 10101001 010111001 1111111101 111101 110010101 111001010010 111100101 10111111 1101011001111 101101 00101111 1010101 110111 111101 1
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 981
Words 190
Sentences 10
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 129
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Submitted by kenjen61 on November 07, 2018

Modified on March 17, 2023

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Kenneth R. Jenkins

Freelance writer, poet, podcast host/producer, minister,devoted husband living in Savannah, GA. Author of three books of poetry. more…

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