Analysis of reverse life



Let me in, your heart is mine

Let me out it’s dark as sin

I drink my sorrows

I smoke my problems

There’s no tomorrow

It’s a haze. Im in a daze

Can’t sleep, can’t stay awake

Can’t dream, cant seem to grasp reality

Can’t feel but emotions seem to come naturally

Can’t smile but I can’t frown

Can’t cry, cant laugh

Can’t see but I’m on this path

To your heart

In the dark but it’s light

I can’t start but I won’t stop

I’m on bottom but I’m on top

I went left but it felt right

I feel high but so low

I go fast in slow mo

I feel things but I’m so numb

I’ve done things that can’t be undone

Can’t speak can’t heal

Can’t tell what’s real

Can’t hurt can’t help

Can’t live can’t die

Can’t lie can’t confess

It’s your heart I need

Mine is dead

Mind gone spirit still here

can’t go on won’t quit

I’m feel new but so used to it

Can’t fake I’m to real

Todays gone tomorrows


Scheme X X A X B X X C C X X X X D E E D B B X X F F X X X X X X G G F A
Poetic Form
Metre 1101111 1111111 11110 11110 1101 1011001 111101 11111110 1110101111000 111111 1111 1111111 111 001111 1111111 11101111 1111111 111111 111011 1111111 11111101 1111 1101 1111 1111 11101 11111 111 111011 11111 11111111 11111 01101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 978
Words 214
Sentences 2
Stanzas 33
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 19
Words per stanza (avg) 5

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Let me in, your heart is mine Let me out it’s dark as sin I drink my sorrows I smoke my problems There’s no tomorrow Todays gone It’s a haze. Im in a daze Can’t sleep, can’t stay awake Can’t dream, cant seem to grasp reality Can’t feel but emotions seem to come naturally Can’t smile but I can’t frown Can’t cry, cant laugh Can’t see but I’m on this path To your heart In the dark but it’s light I can’t start but I won’t stop I’m on bottom but I’m on top I went left but it felt right I feel high but so low I go fast in slow mo I feel things but I’m so numb I’ve done things that can’t be undone Can’t speak can’t heal Can’t tell what’s real Can’t hurt can’t help Can’t live can’t die Can’t lie can’t confess It’s your heart I need Mine is dead Mind gone spirit still here can’t go on won’t quit I’m feel new but so used to it Can’t fake I’m to real Todays gone tomorrows

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Written on August 19, 2022

Submitted by pyraccs on August 20, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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