Analysis of 6000 miles
Daryll Phillips 1972 (Scranton PA)
My mom always reached
For the brass ring
My dad settled
For the status quo
They traveled to California in 1969
In a brand new car
When they came back
6000 miles so far
| Scheme | XXXX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 1111 1011 1110 10101 11010100 00111 1111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 160 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
Font size:
2 fans
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"6000 miles" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 12 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/113068/6000-miles>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Daryll Phillips poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In