Sonnet on Thirty Five and Seventy
I woke up two thirty in the morning,
It was too early to start a day, I know.
I kept myself away from drinking,
That is a routine I wanted to follow.
I took a pencil to note down in my diary.
There was a clock hanging on the wall,
I saw the valuable time ticking away,
Then I felt for the nature's call.
Birds on the tree started chirping,
I went on thinking and dreaming.
Wandering away to an age of seventy,
Without a word written on my diary.
Thirty five, I am, thought was seventy,
In this century, that I won't be able to see.
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Submitted on September 04, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABAB CDXD AACC C C |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 518 |
Words | 107 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 1, 1 |
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