Analysis of At a Bus Stop



I'm waiting at a bus stop all alone,
It's nighttime, lights are seen in cozy rooms,
I'm chilly, penetrated to the bone;
A bus is never tardy one assumes.
And then the corner lamppost light goes out,
It starts to rain and I am getting wet
But slowly till a taxi swings about
The corner, sprays me with a muddy jet.
At last a bus, I knew it would arrive,
But destination marked unknown to me;
My wristwatch shows eleven forty-five
And underneath my breath made frantic plea.
 Then came my bus but "Depot" on its dome;
 I sauntered up the street, five miles to home.


Scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Poetic Form Shakespearean sonnet 
Metre 1101011101 111110101 110100101 0111010101 010101111 1111011101 1101010101 0101110101 1101111101 101010111 111010101 001111101 1111110111 111011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 550
Words 106
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 434
Words per stanza (avg) 106
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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