Analysis of Between God and ME
I was wild and couldn’t be tamed
Raised right but went my own way
A hot head with a cold heart
My reflection in the mirror is the only one to blame
With a chip on my shoulder
And a gun in my holster
I took what I wanted
Until life gave me what I needed
All the mistakes,
Heart breaks
The give, the take
The choices I made
Dead ends, wrong turns
Brick walls and bridges burned
Beaten and bruised
I’ve made it through
The rest of the mess
That’s between God and me
Time in prison
Can make or break a broken man
But I turned the gilded pages
And found true religion
Now I make an honest living
And am blessed to be giving
To those who are in need
As the good lord did for me
All the mistakes,
Heart breaks
The give, the take
The choices I made
Dead ends, wrong turns
Brick walls and bridges burned
Beaten and bruised
I’ve made it through
The rest of the mess
That’s between God and me
Scheme | xxxx aabb CCDE FGHIJK lxxl mmxk CCDE FGHIJK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111 1111111 0111011 101000101010111 1011110 0010110 111110 011111110 1001 11 0101 01011 1111 110101 1001 1111 01101 101101 1010 11110101 11101010 011010 11111010 0111110 111101 1011111 1001 11 0101 01011 1111 110101 1001 1111 01101 101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 903 |
Words | 193 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 6, 4, 4, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
This is a lyric/ poem about a man making bad choices, being punished for his actions and finding faith.
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Written on January 31, 2022
Submitted by lisacampbell29 on February 24, 2022
Modified on March 30, 2023
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