In this study, Aşık Veysel’s poem named I am On a Long Narrow Road was handled and analyzed using the ontological analysis method. Although Aşık Veysel has a severe place in folk literature, the fact that only a few of his works have been analyzed with this method until now has prompted us to do this study. Aşık Veysel’s universal messages in his poems, the parallelism between his life experience and the world of meaning, and the simplicity in his works make it necessary and valuable to examine his poems using the ontological analysis method. The ontological analysis method is aimed to understand both the poem and the poet himself by taking the poem of Aşık Veysel’s I am On a Long Narrow Road into the center. In addition, with this study, the actual value of the ontological analysis method will be presented by revealing Aşık Veysel’s life, art, the language he uses in his art, his worldview, the messages he wants to express in his poetry, and the messages he gives to humanity with his poetry. The ontological analysis method, which was brought to our country with İsmail Tunalı, is based on examining literary works within the framework of certain layers of existence. In this method, the work is divided into two parts as external structure and internal structure. In the first part, the work is the subject of examination in terms of its linguistic features. In contrast, in the second part, the real and symbolic meanings of the words used in the work, the author’s life experience, and finally, the message that the work wants to convey on a universal scale is tried to be revealed. When we examine the work, thanks to the ontological analysis method we have chosen as the method in our study, we can say that the poem is in the literary type (koşma) genre as a verse form, it contains repeated voice and rhyme, and sound events such as vowel contraction, consonant assimilation, fusion consonant are used. In addition, rhetoric such as exaggeration, simile, and illumination were also used in the poem. However, the use of rhetoric did not affect the clarity and simplicity of the language of the poem. When we look at the analysis of the poem in terms of meaning and object, human life is symbolized through the concept of "long and thin road" in the center of the poem. Considering the character of the poet, the poet’s tragic life story is also reflected in his poetry. It can be concluded that human life, which is likened to a journey on a grueling road, was inspired by the poet’s tragic life story. The poet has interpreted his tragic reality within the framework of man’s purpose in this world and the place of this world in our lives, on behalf of all humanity, and he has given credit to all humankind. Considering all these, it can be said that our poet, who is a folk poet, has attributed his tragic life story and his experiences about this world to humanity with the power of art. In the final analysis, it can be concluded that the ontological analysis method brings us to a holistic conclusion in the examination of literary works, guides us in the correct understanding of the works, and provides severe convenience.