Analysis of Ode to a Mountain Bike
Criss F Rosenlof 1969 (Utah)
Once I rode with earbuds in,
climbing fast and free.
Down I fell, removing skin,
why happen to me?
I know my bike, I know my bod,
also know I pain.
Why do I ride upon my rod
know’n I’ll fall again?
Back in the saddle do I go
crashes will not win!
Amid the turn, scree, oh no!
Down I go again.
© Criss F. Rosenlof 5/10/2013
- I am into cycling, and an author of a blog I readwrote about a nasty set of falls he had on a rideearlier that day. In response to that, I wrote this poem and sent it to him to cheer him up.
| Scheme | ABAB CXCD EAED XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111110 10101 1110101 11011 11111111 10111 11110111 11101 10010111 10111 0101111 11101 111 11011000110101110101011111101110011111110011111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 517 |
| Words | 111 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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