Analysis of The Dirt Road
I am traveling down a dusty road
Unable to turn back
There have been many wondrous sights along the way
I desire to return
But I am being pushed down this path, unable to stop
I think I can see the end approaching
I need to turn around now
I think I lost something along the way
Stop pushing! I don't want to go that way!
The sun is behind me and darkness lies ahead!
I am lost in this dingy crowd
Swallowed up by the earth and spit to the side
Like a wounded bird unable to leave the ground
I crawl along this path
Waiting to reach the end
| Scheme | ABCDEFGCCHIJKLM |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110010101 010111 111101010101 1010101 11110111101011 1111101010 1111011 1111100101 1101111111 011011010101 11101101 10110101101 101010101101 110111 101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 526 |
| Words | 111 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 15 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 425 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 111 |
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Submitted on August 28, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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