Analysis of Chaser



I'm not a chaser so don't ask me for the answers.
I'm a straight shooter never needed these tasters.
Life's just too bland for anything to taste good so make it bitter. Add a little lime to this liquor and pour another shot to remind me where I've been and where I'll be. I'm possibly one sip away from forgetting but I could be one slip away from falling. There's one too many cubes within this glass and it's reminding me what I came to forget.
Let's pour another bottle empty the tank so I can choke.
Let's make it dry so I can gasp for air while I reach for straws.
I've contemplated what it meant, thought about what we really meant. We're just acid burning like stomachs trying to cope with all this liquor in this bladder. It doesn't even matter if how far down it reaches because it never seems to make it. Bottles without the chaser just wasn't enough to keep me awake. To prevent me dreaming about this beauty that's once in a life time. Am I wrong for not holding back and just constantly pouring to forget?
Was it just a shot or the bottle that I've endured to escape these clutches wrapped around my neck?


Scheme AABCDBE
Poetic Form
Metre 1101011111010 101101010110 11111101111111010101111001010110111110111110011011010111111011101111010111010101111101 110101010011111 111111111111111 1100111101111011110101101011111100110110101011111100111011111001010110011110110111001110110011111111010110010101 111011010110110111010111
Characters 1,112
Words 212
Sentences 15
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 125
Words per line (avg) 30
Letters per stanza (avg) 874
Words per stanza (avg) 212

About this poem

Chasing away these feelings because it's too much to sober up for.

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Written on August 31, 2021

Submitted by philipj.30471 on August 31, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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