Analysis of THE PASSENGER
He is called the passenger
He rides uninvited,
In your back seat.
Most people never see
Their uninvited guest,
Most hope never to.
His presence means
Disaster is imminent,
Perhaps you will soon die?
Perhaps you will kill
Some innocent passerby?
On this awful night.
Or perhaps your death
Is waiting just up ahead?
On this moonlit road.
Perhaps some killer
Is waiting nearby in the dark,
Thumbing a ride?
The passenger is silent
He won't tell you your fate,
But he brings death.
His presence is an omen
Of disaster dogging you,
Death is near.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | AXX BXC XDX XBX EXX AXX DXE XCX XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110100 11010 0111 110101 10101 11101 1101 0101100 011111 01111 1100100 11101 10111 1101101 1111 01110 11011001 1001 0100110 111111 1111 1101110 1010101 111 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 587 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 54 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Most people never see Their uninvited guest, Most hope never to.
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Written on June 16, 2021
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on June 16, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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