Analysis of The Right Now (When NowHere is NoWhere)
Which Now its the Right Now?
I've lived through so many Wrong Nows
Nows that were too soon
And Now that were too late
Nows for which I was far too young
And Nows that dallied so long that
they catch me too old to keep up with
I've planned too many wishful Nows
That ran me ragged with "Not Now!"s
and "Not yet..."s
That cascaded into endless
stepping stone Nows
Each sinking me deeper into Then
That Now that never comes but
has the power to bury all Nows
as it buries one from showing up
to any Now along the Way
Yet we all still believe in Then...
It is the only day to endure
the Wrong Now we are in
This Now, Rite Here
They one I can write about
only because it is already gone
And again I missed it
For as all Nows, it has
The Right of Passage
Scheme | XAXXXXX AAAAABXAXX BXXXXXX AX |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011 11111011 11011 011011 11111111 01110111 111111111 11110101 11110111 011 10100110 1011 110110011 1111011 101011011 111011101 11010101 11110101 110101101 011110 1111 1111101 1001110101 001111 111111 01110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 797 |
Words | 162 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 10, 7, 2 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 145 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
Font size:
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"The Right Now (When NowHere is NoWhere)" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 1 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/133870/the-right-now-%28when-nowhere-is-nowhere%29>.
Discuss this Erin Aspensong Rochelle poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In