Analysis of Hitch-Hiker Fear
Douglas Blair 1951 (London)
Sometimes he jumps on board
And dirties all the things of worth.
He fusses and he cusses
And he denigrates the earth.
He calls on disappointments
You have tried so hard to drop.
He uses unforgiveness.
Weights of rage you could not stop.
He smirks in thinking
Still the upper hand is strongly his.
But there’s a little fact that he
So vainly, still has missed.
You’ve had some wondrous rescues
And you’ve seen Creator’s Art.
You’ve let Him take the steering wheel
And blast your doubts apart.
The memories quicken hope and strength.
The sunshine greets your ride.
Evicted now, this Hitch-Hiker.
His bags thrown far outside.
(This would be a good time to read Psalm 37.)
Scheme | XABABCBCXBXXBDXDXEXE X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011111 0110111 110011 01101 1110010 1111111 1101 1111111 11010 101011101 11010111 110111 111101 0110101 11110101 011101 010010101 01111 01011110 111111 111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 681 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 20, 1 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 264 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Written on January 21, 2023
Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 21, 2023
Modified by dougb.72572 on January 21, 2023
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