Analysis of The Bus Wait and Ride
It is good that the bus
Will take few minutes more
You have started this route
On a new job.
I have been going
To mine over twenty five years.
Many are faces never
Having volunteered
A name or a fact.
Just that acknowledging
Half-smile
And short eye contact.
Might as well be saying
“Here we go again.
Have a good one today, Bud.
Weather is shaping up.”
Guy in the talkers’ bench
Next to driver, talks
Endlessly about local
Hockey win last night.
Shamelessly without
Taking a breath.
Knows a headful of names, statistics.
Season’s tickets.
Driver responds in monosyllables.
But you my young Friend are
Looking for connection.
A friendly talk
A bit of local news.
Almost over-eager.
Wonder how far
You went in school?
It is an uphill battle.
COVID muzzled us all
Made distance, staying
Alone. Silence.
Some kind of social virtue.
NOT… I say not.
Sure I’ll talk.
What’s your name?
Mine’s Wayne.
Working at a steel fab shop.
Down Hanson.
Scheme | AXXXBX CXDBXDBXXX XXEXXXXX AFGHXCFX EXBXXXHXXXG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 111101 111011 1011 11110 11101011 1011010 1001 01101 110100 11 0111 111110 11101 1011011 101101 100101 11101 1000110 10111 10001 1001 10111010 1010 100101 111111 101010 0101 011101 11010 1011 1101 1111110 11011 11010 0110 1111010 1111 111 011 11 1010111 110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 963 |
Words | 203 |
Sentences | 26 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 10, 8, 8, 11 |
Lines Amount | 43 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 146 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Written on April 18, 2023
Submitted by dougb.19255 on April 18, 2023
Modified by dougb.19255 on April 18, 2023
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