“I have measured out my life in coffee spoons.” (“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”)
R. D. Davies:
“I have measured out my life in myriad short stories, novels, plays, essays, poems/songs taught in 30 years as an senior high English teacher.
To say nothing of the myriad works from the above genres read and studied in a 39 year period from gr. 11 to 2005. Or the many literary selections chosen for 25 textbooks from 1980 to 2005.”