Analysis of Half Way To Memphis
Wasted broke in Kankakee,
down from Montreal
I’m half way to Memphis,
with no one left to call
Guitar strings bust or missing,
motel clerk at my door
I’m half way to Memphis,
bathroom window as before
The years have run their distance,
all memories in default
I’m half way to Memphis,
the songs all packed in salt
And one last time I’m leaving,
the highway cold and black
I’m half way to Memphis
—no way of turning back
(Memphis Tennessee: September, 1991)
| Scheme | xaBa cdBd xeBe cfBf x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010100 1101 111110 111111 0111110 011111 111110 110101 0111110 1100001 111110 011101 0111110 01101 111110 111101 1001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 469 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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