Analysis of Tell Me What You See
Look into my heart and tell me what it is that you see
Is it a complex lock, one I which only you have the key
Or do you see confusion and complete and utter darkness
So much so your first reaction is to say fuck this
Or do you see me for what I am; a man among men
A man who made mistakes; a man that’s not above sin
Look into my heart and you will see a victim of my own circumstances
If you look deep enough, you’ll see I took a chance to make a chance
A chance I made for all the little ones that will come after me
So again, I ask, look into my heart and tell me what it is you see
With my eyes wide open this life forced me see that I had no choice but to be
What I needed to be that both the deaf and blind couldn’t help but see…me
Now armed with this new perspective, are you ready to embrace and run this race
Are you prepared to look at them with wide open eyes face to motherfucking face
With this new freedom you now know that being strong means doesn’t mean being wrong
Simply put it means looking into my heart and understanding my heart just made you strong
Still confused; still not understand in the devilish words I speak? Well, that means you are just weak
You have not plateaued; you need to a deeper understanding before you heed these words I speak
Scheme | AA XX XX XX AA AA BB CC DD |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 10111011111111 110101111101101 111101000101010 1111101011111 11111111101011 0111010111011 101110111010111100 1111011111011101 0111110101111101 101111011101111111 1111101111111111111 11101111010111111 1111101011101010111 11011111111011111 111101111101111101 101111001110010111111 101110100101111111111 1110111101001001111111 |
Characters | 1,290 |
Words | 268 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 55 |
Words per line (avg) | 14 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Written on January 22, 2022
Submitted by Reggieray on January 22, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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