THE TRAFFIC (Poem #135)
Cars, trucks, busses, trailers and such
all heading down the highway.
Why does so much traffic always have
to be going my way?
Highways, bridges, tunnels and turnoffs
which way should I go?
Sometimes I'm lost, getting exhausted
or the traffic just goes so slow.
Tuning and twisting, a better route
I'm always looking to find.
But maybe an airplane is the only
way to keep from being behind.
(c) Copyright by Jean E. Gorney
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Submitted on August 11, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCDC D |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 417 |
Words | 75 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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