Analysis of Show Me*
Brittany Rosenstein 1981 (NY)
Rip my soul into millions of pieces.
Prove me wrong for trying to keep this.
Show me the path where sanity is least existent;
And I'll give you me running for shelter faster than your lips can whisper- forgive me.
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110110110 111110111 1101110011010 011111011010111110011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 211 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
About this poem
I wrote this back in 2012 over a relationship I was involved in.
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Written on January 27, 2012
Submitted by mysignsaysitall on August 27, 2021
Modified on April 13, 2023
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