Analysis of BUS RIDES AND MELANCHOLY
IDES AND MELANCHOLY
I’ve developed a love/hate relationship with buses
Yes, that contraption carrying people in masses
At one hand, it gets me to places I need to be
On the other, it takes me back to “you and me”
A typical trip for me, takes an hour or two
Just enough time for thoughts about me and you
Sometimes I wish the wheels would go faster
So I could force myself to stop the ponder
But just like what happened back then
I took this bus and let go of the helm
I have given fate the power to steer
When I should’ve took over when we started to veer
Now I am trapped in this wayward motion
While you are traveling in the opposite direction
I know I have realized it too late
But never again will I leave my destination to fate
| Scheme | AXXAA BBCC XXDD EEFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10100 1010011010110 1101010010010 1111111101111 101011111101 0100111111011 10111101101 0111011110 1111111010 11111011 1111011101 1110101011 111110111011 1111011010 11110000100010 111110111 11001111101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 724 |
| Words | 145 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 145 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
About this poem
The poem is about a man's struggle moving on from a past relationship.
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