Analysis of The Arrow and The Man



I sit at the window, as the day is dark and dreary,
when I sit there as I read, I start to grow weary.

I saw something fly by,
it ripped right through the sky.

There she was, standing there,
A dance I wanted to share.

I grabbed my shoes and my cane,
I thought I was going insane.

There we were in the rain, dancing,
just her and I were prancing.

There it was, the arrow once more,
and it ripped right through her core.

I awoke to a book on my chest,
and shoes off my feet,
and clothes on me dry,
I stood there thinking, I didn't even say Goodbye.


Scheme AA BB CC DD EE FF XXBB
Poetic Form
Metre 11101010111010 1111111111110 111011 111101 111101 0111011 1111011 11111001 11000110 1001010 11101011 0111101 101101111 01111 01111 111101101011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 557
Words 139
Sentences 8
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 59
Words per stanza (avg) 16

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The poem, The Arrow and The Man follows an older man that misses his wife and falls asleep so he starts to dream about what it would be like to see her again.

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Submitted by CrazyFox8965 on November 16, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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