Analysis of Nevada
An all-but-empty Interstate stretches
straight, streaking horizon to horizon:
it is a ribbon with no bow, wrapping
northern Nevada. The eye fixes
on absent fences, looks for limits,
scans scenery overwhelmed by sky.
I cock my thumb to beg a ride;
a tear forms at the corner of my eye.
"Damn wind!"
I mutter, half believing the lie.
A dusty pickup rolls toward me
then accelerates, leaves me staring.
It dwindles into distance. -- "OK!",
I snarl -- I kick a rock, pick up my pack
and start to walk, left thumb poked
out to nothing. Someone will stop.
Two cars speed by; I wave to them.
My belly rumbles and I count
the steps I take. My wet eyes ache.
Someone will stop. Or won't.
Scheme | ABCDEFGFHFICJKLMNOPQ |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111100110 1100101010 1101011110 100100110 110101110 11000111 11111101 0111010111 11 110101001 01011011 10101110 110011011 1111011111 0111111 1110111 11111111 11010011 01111111 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 659 |
Words | 128 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 515 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 126 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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