Analysis of Nodding Off
Rested in my car
Outside Zehrs Groceries
Light snow falling
Pretty and mesmeric
Wipers on intermittent slow speed
I remember the movie
Greg Kinnear invented the feature
Tried to cut a deal with Ford
They tried to steal the Patent
Long wait until Federal Court.
Greg argued sensibly, and won.
Electrical engineer stuff
Huge monetary damages
Those wipers. Eeyoie. Eeyoie.
Heater running nicely
I conk out, silly little dream follows
I am lost in a strange city
Got separated from a Group
No cash or credit card or directions
What a mess. The embarrassment
Thinking without much sense
About a rescue.
Wakes me up
Too many late nights
Tired eyes even.
Wipers are laughing now
| Scheme | X X A A X B X X C X X X X X B X B X X C X X X X X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10011 111100 1110 1001 10101011 1010010 11010010 1110111 1111010 11011001 11010001 01001011 1100100 11011 101010 1111010110 11100110 1100101 1111011010 10100100 100111 01010 111 11011 10110 101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 741 |
| Words | 158 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 26 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 26 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 21 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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Written on March 13, 2023
Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 13, 2023
Modified on March 13, 2023
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