Analysis of ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS
mad hippie poet 1974 (new jersey)
Hey, Mister, hey Miss, can you tell me how to get to heaven? I need to go back home. The universe says I can no longer be alone, but my question, I oppose to you, is precisely what is heaven? What is hell? The ad I read in the Sunday newspaper does not explain much about these places where you can feel but not touch.
I am doing my best with what I have; sometimes, that can be a little, and other times, that can be a lot. I run around sometimes in circles, dance to the music of the birds' songs, and move along because my feet can not stand still. I need to move around.
A crooked smile and a hearty laugh because I know the joke inside of the joke, the truth and the lies both I have spoken while asking for directions because I know how to get to where I need to be, and this journey of mine has never been for free
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| Metre | 1101111111111101111110101111101011110101111010111011101110011011011011101111111 111011111101111010010111101110101010110101011010101111111111101 01010010101110101101010011111011010100111111111111011011110111 |
| Characters | 823 |
| Words | 172 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 210 |
| Words per line (avg) | 56 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 210 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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