Analysis of Happy ending
Jason Marriner 1980 (Pensacola)
My life's never been a fantasy
Some might say it's been downright heart-wrenching
There's times I look in the mirror and curse the man staring back at me
For my mistakes, for the time I spent pretending
Things always looked so good in the beginning
Back when I was a younger guy
At some point I started thinking love was just a lie
Now i wonder whatever happened to my happy ending
I live everyday just hoping to be forgiven
For the people I hurt who were depending
On me to provide love and a little time to give them
Instead of me being cold and condescending
Things always looked so good in the beginning
Back when I was a younger guy
But somehow I always wound up down on my knees with tears in my eyes
Wondering whatever happened to happy endings
Whatever happened to the fairytale life
What kind of message is it sending
In stories we're told, about perfect husbands, kids and wife
Where there's always the same cookie cutter ending
I'm a grown man now, been that way for awhile
My choices aren't so easy to defend
I've always been realistic, not one for denial
I know I've left wounds on others that will most likely never mend
Things always looked so good to me in the beginning
Back when I was a younger guy
But this story won't find me winning
And the older I get the more I understand why
You don't have to wonder about my story
This book is full of missing chapters
Untitled, unread, unfulfilled and boring
Don't flip the cover open expecting happily ever after
Scheme | abab BCcb xbxb BCxx dbdb xexe bCbc axbx |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 111010100 111111110 11110010010110111 110110111010 1111100010 11110101 1111101011101 11101010111010 1110111011010 10101110010 11101100101111 01111010010 1111100010 11110101 111111111111011 100101011010 101010101 111101110 01011010110101 11101101010 10111111101 11010110101 111010111010 1111111011110101 111111100010 11110101 111011110 001011011011 11111001110 111111010 10101010 11010100101001010 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,484 |
Words | 286 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 147 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Written on July 21, 2022
Submitted by Daleisnmyhardt3 on July 21, 2022
Modified by Daleisnmyhardt3 on January 07, 2023
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