Analysis of Stay, Or, Go
When you don’t want to go,
But you don’t want to stay.
When the night is springing,
Yet you're still awake.
The world keeps spinning,
Leaving you in its wake.
Everything will be ok,
The pain is almost over.
But then you're pulled under,
Another powerful wave.
Square up to the pain,
Seeing sadness come along,
Anger sets in,
Knowing you’ll lose.
Walking away,
From your impenetrable foes.
Hiding the tears,
With a fake smile,
Going to public,
With nobody to notice
Having no one to care,
None to see,
That you are dying inside,
Trying not to weep.
Crying, before you sleep,
Just needing someone to ask,
Do you want to go,
Or do you want to stay?
Scheme | ABCDCD BEEX XXXXBX XXXX XXXF FXAB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 111111 101110 11101 01110 101011 101111 011110 111110 0101001 11101 1010101 1010 1011 1001 11010001 1001 1011 10110 11110 101111 111 1111001 10111 100111 110111 11111 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 661 |
Words | 152 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 6, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Written on January 02, 2022
Submitted by emmatwomey2000 on January 04, 2022
Modified on March 30, 2023
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