Analysis of The View from Halfway Down
The weak breeze whispers nothing
the water screams sublime.
His feet shift, teeter-totter
deep breaths, stand back, it’s time.
Toes untouch the overpass
soon he’s water-bound.
Eyes locked shut but peek to see
the view from halfway down.
A little wind, a summer sun
a river rich and regal.
A flood of fond endorphins
brings a calm that knows no equal.
You’re flying now, you see things
much more clear than from the ground.
It's all okay, or it would be
were you not now halfway down.
Thrash to break from gravity
what now could slow the drop?
All I’d give for toes to touch
the safety back at top.
But this is it, the deed is done
silence drowns the sound.
Before I leaped I should've seen
the view from halfway down.
I really should’ve thought about
the view from halfway down.
I wish I could've known about
the view from halfway down—
Scheme | xaxa xbcD efxf xbcd cgxg ebxD hDhD |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (57%) |
Metre | 0111010 010101 1111010 111111 11010 11101 1111111 011111 01010101 0101010 0111010 10111110 1101111 1111101 1111111 0111111 1111100 111101 1111111 010111 11110111 10101 01111101 011111 1101101 011111 11100101 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 854 |
Words | 173 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
"The View from Halfway Down" is a poignant poem featured in the acclaimed animated television series "BoJack Horseman." Written by the character Lennie Turteltaub, the poem is recited by Beatrice Horseman in the sixth season, episode 15, titled "The View from Halfway Down."
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