Analysis of You can't break me



I know you can flood with rain,
Shower losses but no drop of gain,
Want to drown in fear and fill with pain,
Can drag me down the nasty drain.
But I'll swim even in the sea;
Keep in mind, you can't break me.

You can lock me in a room of dark,
Away from light, away from spark,
No warm feelings, no happy marks,
Surround with filthy dogs that bark.
I'll find the key that sets me free;
Keep in mind, you can't break me.

Try to pull me back, I'll cut the rope,
Take away the air, I'll breathe in hope,
Attack with problems, I'll cope,
Give me steeps, I'll make them slope.
I'll carve my way to destiny;
Keep in mind you can't break me.


Scheme aaaabB ccxcbB ddddbB
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111 101011111 111010111 11110101 11110001 1011111 111100111 01110111 11101101 01110111 11011111 1011111 111111101 101011101 0111011 1111111 11111100 1011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 636
Words 148
Sentences 7
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 157
Words per stanza (avg) 43
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Modified by e37_k on January 27, 2022

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