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Originally Posted by pdurrant
It does require a minimal knowledge of the English language regarding numbers.
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This could be a syllabic form of poetry involving numbers.
9:27 could be nine twenty seven (5 syllables) or twenty seven after nine (7 syllables).
The first way gives you a 5-5-4-5-3(or 4)-5 meter.
The counterexample, 8:10, 7:58, 6:27, has a 2-5-4 meter.
The clock is ticking, and all is not well.