Analysis of Looking Back
Hunter Aydelott 1960 (Tennessee)
In the rear view I see a space
Empty and free like filmed dreams
Those dreams remind me of time
Overlooked yet sublime
The mirror shows eyes a glow
Like a field of wheat in sunsets mind
| Scheme | ABCCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 00111101 1001111 1101111 10101 0101101 10111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 185 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 149 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
About this poem
Driving the roads of Texas inspired this poem.
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