Analysis of An Old Voice
An old mans voice
Shrills in the winds,
Then rises to
An incessant wailing
In the early morning quiet.
Some say it happens
Sometimes whether he
Is there or not
But old age and Alzheimer’s
Is destroying his brain
His memory is dissolving
Like melting ice flows,
On warm spring days.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHAIDJK |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 1001 1101 101010 00101010 11110 01101 1111 11101 101011 11001010 11011 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 273 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 226 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on April 16, 2018
Modified on March 05, 2023
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