Analysis of On the Road to Nowhere

Amarachi Ogbonnaya 1995 (Enugu State)



On the Road to Nowhere,

I was on that road, not having a destination
The heart was optimistic, I rode with him
 Go wherever your heart leads they say
Not sure if my heart led me but I felt nothing,
 My heart was empty guess it was desperation

On the road to nowhere,
I saw no butterflies,
Birds did not sing, not even an owl
just a bare ground yielding no fruit
All the seeds I poured dried and withered
Guess the road was barren.

Now I am on the road no more,
Strangely I feel the happiness
Nothing to fear, nothing to worry,
Alone is peace, alone is happiness,
This moment, I must cherish.


Scheme A bxxxb Axxxxb xcxcx
Poetic Form
Metre 10111 111111100010 0110101111 101011111 111111111110 11110111010 10111 11110 111111011 10111011 101111010 101110 11110111 10110100 101110110 0111011100 1101110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 599
Words 128
Sentences 2
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 5, 6, 5
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 115
Words per stanza (avg) 29

About this poem

The poem is about a young lady who decided to fall in love because everyone reminded her of her singleness and loneliness. Her effort to love the person proved abortive and she ended the relationship. She has come to appreciate her loneliness.

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Written on October 12, 2022

Submitted by amarachiogbonnaya1994 on October 12, 2022

Modified on March 06, 2023

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Amarachi Ogbonnaya

AMARACHI OGBONNAYA is a Nigerian Born Writer and Poet, trained legal Practitioner and skilled in Technology. She is a single young lady that pours her emotions in her poems and write poems based on her feelings. more…

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