Analysis of Ride



I get it,
being in the driver’s seat
means that you can
do nothing but
stare forward, the whole way.

But I’m in
the passenger seat and
I’m just along for the ride.

I find calm in knowing even if
I let the universe move me,
I’m still moving.

I’m watching the orange skies
and purple clouds pass overhead
without a worry in the world.

I wish you could see them, too.


Scheme XXXXX XXX XXX XXX X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (27%)
Metre 111 1000101 1111 1101 110011 110 010010 1101101 111010101 1101011 1110 1100101 01011101 01010001 1111111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 378
Words 82
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 5, 3, 3, 3, 1
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 56
Words per stanza (avg) 14
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Written on 2018

Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 05, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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