Analysis of Miscommunication
Keith Lankford 1964 (AL)
Three rounds and I didn’t feel any stronger
Guess I better sit here a little longer
She had said that he did not want her
It seems now he might not have been so sure
He was a big bad ugly looking son of a bitch
Long time ago I grew tired of this kind of shit
That woman of his she wasn’t worth this
Until on my head she decided to plant a kiss
Now, I’m not french if that’s the language she spoke
Her long brown hair I grabbed and I pulled her close
On her words she soon began to choke
As she looked into my eyes with a love yet un-spoke
He came around not long after we met
I was sitting with her smoking a cigarette
She went with him I returned to where I set
Tap on my shoulder he said I’m not through with you yet
I didn’t really have to him to much to say
Three more rounds and a bar tab I to pay
Try and try and try as I may
He didn’t understand, she was not there to translate
I guess the shots might have gone to my head
He must have misunderstood just what I said
Outside he was waiting, he said I was dead
I decided to stay right right where I had set
Three more rounds I didn’t feel any stronger
Guess I better sit here a little longer
She had said that he did not want her
It seems now he might not have been so sure
Scheme | aAAB xxcc dxdd eeee fffx ggge aAAB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (29%) |
Metre | 1101111010 11101101010 111111110 1111111111 1101110101101 1101111011111 110111111 011111101101 11111101011 01111101101 101110111 1110111101111 1101111011 11101010001 11111011111 1111011111111 11101111111 1110011111 10101111 11011111101 1101111111 1110011111 11111011111 11011111111 1111111010 11101101010 111111110 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,252 |
Words | 268 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 137 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Simple misunderstanding
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