Analysis of The long road before me
The long road before me
the hues of evening skies
barred owls are stirring while
you slumbering lay,
have you thought of me
as you loaded the dishes
and locked the doors?
Do running waters think of the
sea, or swallows dream of
their summer nests?
Driving through the night rubbing my
eyes, the owls beat wings and
soar the fields stalking prey
calling the night to my attention,
and I, a long long
way from home,
a long long way from home.
Scheme | AXXB AXX XXX XXB X XC C |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011011 011101 111101 11001 11111 1110010 0101 11010110 111011 1101 10101101 101110 101101 100111010 01011 111 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 449 |
Words | 94 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 3, 3, 1, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 50 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
About this poem
I used to drive a lot for work when my children were young. This poem reminds me of those times.
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