Analysis of Still On Guard



For many years I guarded time
When not at home since I
First had anxiety that climbed
Into my life so sly.

Free time for me was hard to find
To do what I felt like.
The same was true and by design
When chores at home did spike.

My inferiority complex
Would often make me feel
A task of mine would soon affect
Ineptitude quite real.  

And even now, though I'm retired,
The same is true today,
As if from life I could be fired
Then lose retired pay.


Scheme XAXA XBXB XCXC XDXD
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11011101 111111 11010011 011111 11111111 111111 01110101 111111 10010010 110111 01111101 01011 01011101 011101 111111110 11011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 451
Words 100
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 87
Words per stanza (avg) 23

About this poem

"Old habits die hard."

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Written on October 20, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on October 20, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on October 20, 2023

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