Analysis of Old Man's Road
Time, and time again.
Walking roads, and all that binds.
Faces we view; blur lines of just.
Walk the old man's road.
Pin drops far astray, life wild; life sad.
Never a worry, smile gleams glad.
Man talks ways of life.
Freedom felt when held right.
Walk old man's road; show no fright.
Left only question one question, question shining bright.
Do you walk your own roads in fright?
Forever, never at best; suspense in rest.
Those walk kicking the dirt.
Upon old man's road.
All genders flirt.
Awhile kicking up dirt and dust.
Staring down, down this old man's road.
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| Scheme | XXAB CCXD DDDXE BEAB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101 1010111 10111111 10111 111011111 10010111 11111 101111 1111111 1101011010101 11111101 01010110101 111001 01111 1101 01101101 10111111 111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 617 |
| Words | 107 |
| Sentences | 20 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 11, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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