Analysis of The Long Road



Times are hard, when you feel so alone,

And every path you walk, it feels so unknown.

You cant go back, no, you must stay in this place,

But every single moment, I’m longing to touch your face.

The days turn to months, and the months turn to years,

And the pain turns to sadness, and the sadness turns to tears.

The nights are so cold, and the days are so long,

And every memory a reminder, of what I’ve done wrong.

I try to find peace, but you’re just so far away,

And when I try to speak, I cannot find the words to say.

I might not be home, but I’ll never be too far,

To look up toward the sky, and wish upon a star,

That maybe your looking up, and wishing on that star too,

And find comfort just knowing, Im thinking of you.


Scheme A A B B X X C C D D E E F F
Poetic Form
Metre 111111101 010011111101 11111111011 110010101101111 01111001111 00111100010111 01111001111 0100100001011111 111111111101 01111111010111 111111110111 1110101010101 11011010101111 011011011011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 750
Words 174
Sentences 6
Stanzas 14
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 39
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 39
Words per stanza (avg) 11

About this poem

Written during a 5 year incarceration for a drug charge. Feeling empty and lost away from my child, and family. The hardest time of my life.

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Written on February 01, 2015

Submitted by momma_b on June 05, 2023

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