Analysis of -Debt Service-
I’m running out of money,
but I’ve still got some time
and only just one question
…can you lend me a dime
My dollars spent on something
that quarters can’t divide
my nickels for what’s come and gone
…can you lend me a dime
Tomorrow comes as landlord,
whose lease you can’t cosign
my place reserved but not in ink
…can you lend me a dime
My tenancy is in arrears,
foreclosing on my mind
last chance to stay evictions sway
…can you lend me a dime
(Dreamsleep: January, 2022)
Scheme | abxB xxxB xaxB xxxB a |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110 111111 0101110 111101 1101110 110101 11010101 111101 01111 11111 11011101 111101 11001001 010111 11110101 111101 1100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 497 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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