Analysis of Sand and Time
Calvin W. Crenshaw 1959 (Atlanta)
I know in my heart nothing truly stays together
It is the illusion that our love will last truly forever
I am lucky for the time that as mortals we had
I would not trade a thing good or bad
You stole my heart you were my friend
I cherish our time together to the very end
With you I felt loved, needed I had a purpose
In the worst of times you showed me I was not worthless
I am reminded of a old saying. Death and life were talking. Life said death why am I love and yet you are hated?
Death said its quite simple. You are a beautiful lie
I on the other had am a ugly truth.
| Scheme | AABBCCDD XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110101010 11001011011110010 1110101111011 111101111 11111011 11010101010101 111111011010 0011111111110 11010101101010101111111011110 1111101101001 11010110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 567 |
| Words | 122 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 224 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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