Analysis of Addiction
Sharon Brown 1974 (Brooklyn)
My Old friend Addiction
Wont let me be
Always comes around
Always on a party Spree
My Old friend Addiction
Says she has the key
Leaves a simple message
Leaves a little taster so you can be carefree
The doors that you open.
Things that shouldn't have seen
Chasin the devil
Chasin what could've been
My old friend Addiction
Sit’s and wait’s in Three’s
Say’s she the only one
Say’s she can set me free
My old Friend Addiction
Say’s she has the Key
Only place you’ll find her
Is on Fourth anf Capri
Hands be shakin
Where can she be
All you left is a disaster
All you left is a man on his knees
Where’s my friend Addiction
She suppose to set me free
Where my friend Addiction
She up and left me
| Scheme | Abxb ABxb axxx Acab ABdb abdc ab ab |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111010 1111 1101 110101 111010 11101 101010 10101011111 011110 111011 10010 101001 111010 10101 110101 111111 111010 11101 101110 111110 111 1111 11110010 111101111 111010 1011111 111010 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 743 |
| Words | 172 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 28 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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