Analysis of Down a winding road
Down a winding road
There, I was strolling along the countryside,
A stockade fence leaning, brown-green faded,
grass, unpaved road with scattered specks
of crush run. As I approached the downward
steep spiral twist, leading to nowhere sure.
Worn rooftops, where children were born, and
warm memories of a mother’s love.
There, perched beneath the skyline.
Two cardinals began to whistle as if to say,
Hello, as I passed. Daydreaming and a bit forlorn,
a mist began to fall, I tugged on my wool coat,
tighter, flip the collar to prevent the drops from
invading, what held my attention.
Looking for some escape from the
wounded heart. The cardinals had reminded me,
of a love lost, the feelings of betrayal, my self-worth.
The question is why?
The winding road led to a quaint Café, a rustic façade,
with white painted shutters. I entered the café and took,
a seat at a corner table, my back against the wall.
The attendant came over to take my order, I asked for,
a cup of black tea, to knock the chill off from the mist,
and sadness. Across from, where I sat was an elegantly,
dressed, snow-white-haired gentleman, with bronze features.
As our eyes made contact, he began to motion, me over.
There, I was in this place for the first time and was,
being invited to join this mysterious fella. As we engaged
in small talk, there on his right hand was a beautiful gold,
signet ring with the letter A in old English script, sipping
our tea, I excused myself to visit the men’s room. Upon my return,
the gentleman was gone, there in the center of the table resting,
against the small jar of honey, was left a note on parchment,
embroidered in gold, stamped with the English letter A.
I unfolded the note, the words leaped from the page.
It's not the first love you lose, that's hard to forget,
it's the last.
Scheme | X XXXXXXXXXXXXXABXXXXXXXBXXXXXCXCXAXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101 1111001010 011101110 1111101 1111101010 110110111 11110010 110010101 110101 1100011101111 011111000101 010111111111 101010101011 010111010 10110110 101010010101 10110101010111 01011 01011101101011 1110101100101 01101010110101 001011011110111 0111111011101 010011111111000 11111001110 110111101110110 111011101101 100101110100101101 01111111101001 101101000110110 101101111001101101 01001110010101010 010111101101110 0100111010100 101001011101 110111111101 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,821 |
Words | 355 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 36 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 701 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 162 |
About this poem
This poem explores the emotions of a love loss and finding oneself amid disappointment.
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