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 |
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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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