Analysis of Longing for Home
Surrounded by sand
Shot at by the enemy
I want to go home…
| Scheme | ABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Haiku Tercet |
| Metre | 01011 1110100 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 60 |
| Words | 13 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
About this poem
I first wrote this poem while deployed to Iraq in the winter of 2005. It was my second deployment as a Marine Corps radio technician, and at this point, I had spent nearly 11 months on the receiving end of weekly rocket and mortar attacks. In the throes of an existential crisis, I wanted nothing more than to be in the comfort of my home.
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