Analysis of Gasoline and Matches

Robert Frost 1874 (San Francisco) – 1963 (Boston)



Gasoline
Gasoline I need
Also a match
To light up the night

It’s cold, dark with stars above my head
So I ride to the store at night
To get what I need

To light up the night just right
I come back with gasoline, matches and a
Ton of chips and salsa
So much for just gasoline and matches

I pour the gasoline on my wood
I light a match and light up the night just right
I eat and get warm in this cold night
With stars above my head

Gasoline and matches was all I needed
Gasoline and matches is all I need to
Light up the night just right

Now it spreads...
To other parts of the Earth...
To cause harm and panic...
And I can’t stop it...


Scheme XAXB CBA BDDX XBBC XXB XXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 10 1011 1001 11101 111110111 11110111 11111 1110111 1111101000 111010 111110010 11010111 11010110111 110110111 110111 1001011110 1001011111 110111 111 1101101 111010 01111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 621
Words 132
Sentences 4
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 81
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on March 15, 2021

Modified on April 17, 2023

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Robert Frost

Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. more…

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