Analysis of Another Road
Always told that I
Would make a good lawyer.
Had the public speaking, paper writing
History Major.
I listened to them
And not to my own heart.
Hurried my start
To Law School.
Although the Dean
Called me to his office.
Told me to slow down
Take another year undergrad.
Might end up a Teacher.
And a good one.
Oh no, gotta hurry
Gotta save the world.
Big bucks too.
But thanks anyways.
He was right and I was wrong.
Practised Law 1976 to 1987. Chatham.
Bank shut me down.
But that ended up
Becoming an Exodus
(Moses parting the waters
Leading people of God to a promised land.)
In my case Kitchener/Waterloo.
And a new start
In blue collar factory spot.
Thirty-two years.
Healthy, busy, honest work.
No more nightmares.
Scheme | XAXAXBBXXCDXAX XXEXXXDXCXX EBXXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 110110 1010101010 10010 11011 011111 1011 111 101 111110 11111 1010110 111010 0011 111010 10101 111 1110 1110111 11110 1111 11101 0101100 1010010 10101110101 01110010 0011 01101001 1011 1010101 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 719 |
Words | 152 |
Sentences | 21 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 14, 11, 6 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 186 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
About this poem
Robert Frost wrote a poem about coming to a fork in the Road, decision time. Well here goes my attempt.
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Written on March 20, 2023
Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 20, 2023
Modified by dougb.19255 on March 20, 2023
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