Analysis of Rules for a Roundabout

Ed Riederich 1974 (United States)



Rules for a Roundabout

Let me put it to you in a roundabout way
The rules of the road some dont obey

Here in this circle you will see every bad driver
Speaking out of experience as a survivor

Round and about I've seen too many fools
So let me go over some roundabout rules

#1 Follow the arrows on the ground
This makes a big difference I have found

There's a reason they painted those arrows in white
So if the arrow points right hey let's go right

#2 I will say this rule and try to be polite
But how about looking left before going right?

Turning your head is a game changer
Keeping you from hitting that stranger

#3  Bro you gotta stay in your lane
This rule I should not have to explain

#4 Don't drive through one like a torpedo
Especially while eating a Chipotle burrito

I tried it once before and it wasn't nice
My truck was filled with cilantro rice

And eating a burrito and talking on your phone
Doesn't really work in a roundabout zone

Thanks for listening to what I've said
And for being part of this driver's Ed


Scheme X AA BB CC DD EE EE BB FF GG HH II JJ
Poetic Form
Metre 11010 11111100101 011011101 10110111100110 1011010010010 1001111101 1111101101 10010101 1101100111 101011011001 11010111111 11111011101 110110101101 101110110 101110110 11101011 111111101 11111001 01011001010 11110101101 111110101 0100010010111 1010100101 111001111 0110111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,011
Words 198
Sentences 2
Stanzas 13
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 62
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted by What_Ed_Said on June 26, 2021

Modified on March 13, 2023

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