Analysis of Point of Debarkation
Will Martin 1946 (NJ)
There's an old house
near the end of an old road
You'd think the road
had been often traveled
Who knows..?
And surely the house has been lived in
you can tell, it's weathered and torn
But where is the one who lives there
have they left the place they were born?
Some say they heard a groan one night
in a tone of complete content
It is also said that a door was closed
and they walked down the road to the end
But in truth, it is only known to a few
they walked not to the end, but past
And the few that know went before
but they'll not be the last
For you see, this house is a way station
many stop by here
That's why there is a light left on
to ease remaining fears
And all who pause at this way station
are not here for long
Because all who have followed their footsteps
have left this place for beyond…
Scheme | XAAXX XBXB XXXX XCXC DXXX DXXX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (28%) |
Metre | 1111 1011111 1101 111010 11 010011110 11111001 11101111 11101101 11110111 00110110 1110110111 011101101 10111101101 11110111 00111101 111101 1111110110 10111 11110111 110101 011111110 11111 011111011 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 818 |
Words | 175 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
About this poem
Here before the hereafter...
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Written on May 02, 1972
Submitted by johnd.34622 on January 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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