Analysis of There in time?



Call came in
Waterloo north dispatch
Pickup flipped over
In some fashion.
We'll have to see.
Freeway underpass
South of Conestogo Mall.

Arrived to see
Young woman
Peeking in driver window
Trying to provide
Assurances
To one only
Half awake.
We removed her thanks
Charlie crawled in
As far as he could.

Five minutes passed
In deepest suspense.
Driver was gone.
Dead.
I was at the side
Trying to counsel
That young girl.
If she had been
Thirty seconds earlier
At point of impact
Truck fall off the bridge.
Crushing her.
Wow.
Some days on this job!


Scheme AXBCDXX DCXEXDXXAX XXXXEXXABXXBXX
Poetic Form
Metre 110 10101 1110 0110 1111 110 1111 0111 110 1001010 10101 0100 1110 101 10101 1010 11111 1101 01001 1011 1 11101 10110 111 1111 1010100 11101 11101 100 1 11111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 547
Words 111
Sentences 13
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 7, 10, 14
Lines Amount 31
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 145
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Written on April 23, 2024

Submitted by dougb.72572 on April 23, 2024

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Retired in my 70s. 32 years shipper and safety guy in metal fabrication for roads, bridges structures. Married 49 years to Hilary. Photographer and harmonica busker, both hobbies. Children Lauren and Jordan. more…

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