Analysis of DESTINATION UNKNOWN
On an open highway
In the land of the lost,
Lonely travellers speed by
Afraid of stopping at any cost.
A highway that leads nowhere
Surround by red desert sand,
A place where only fools would stop
Within this awful sun-scorched land.
Cactus and spinifex grow they
Beside the edge of the highway,
Where it's freezing cold by night
And it's burning hot by day.
Sensible people all stay away
From the destination unknown,
The endless highway to Hell
That no map has ever shown.
Only loners head this way
When there's nowhere else to go,
Where evil seems to proliferate
And time seems to somehow slow.
An infinite voyage to nowhere
When there's nowhere safe to stay,
Riding upon the road to ruin
Through a scorching sundrenched day
No neon lights to guide the way
No road signs to tell you where,
An unending trip to lonelyville
On a road that's neither here nor there.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | AXXX BCXC AAXA ADED AFXF BAXA ABEB XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101 001101 1010011 011101101 01111 0111101 01110111 01110111 10010011 0101101 1110111 0110111 100101101 1001001 010111 1111101 1010111 111111 11011010 011111 11001011 111111 100101110 101011 11011101 1111111 1010111 101110111 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 907 |
Words | 166 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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On an open highway In the land of the lost, Lonely travellers speed by Afraid of stopping at any cost.
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Written on August 01, 2021
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on September 14, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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