Analysis of Meet me halfway

Jon Otano

I remember back in the days
 When you wouldn't even meet me halfway.
 Not street to street no destination.
 Where did you lay.

On a very thin pad.
 With roaches and rats
 Feeling always sad
 As family lack communication.

You told me Karma was a witch
 You stole from people.
 Now you trying to survive in a ditch
 Don't give me nothing,  to understand your situation.

You wear the same clothes
 As they grow bigger wholes
 You hand wash everything.
 Living in a poor location.

You take walks takes forever
 To get where you want to be.
 You love the weather
 Can't handle it, feeling pain, frustration.

Scheme XABA CXCB DXDB XXXB EXEB
Poetic Form Etheree  (45%)
Tetractys  (25%)
Quatrain  (20%)
Metre 10101001 1110101111 11111010 1111 101011 11001 1011 110010010 11110101 11110 1110101001 111101011010 11011 111101 11110 10001010 1111010 1111111 11010 1101101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 587
Words 107
Sentences 11
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on September 08, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Jon Otano

The topics I write about are very diverse, so are the poetry styles I apply. I started writing poetry in high school in 05. I had written some poetry during class and showed some of my classmates who enjoyed it! I then was chosen to have my poetry in the school newspaper for each month! I done a lot of my work in the library. I met a woman who i showed my work to that worked there, and she said she knew a man that works on the radio! Then i was able to read two poems off the radio. A news reporter who appeared on the station as well decided to do a report on me and I've been writing ever sense. :) If Anybody want to friend request me on Facebook feel free too! Just look up Jon Otano I should be easy to find! :) more…

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