Analysis of Breaking Down Low
Seen the signs on the road,
I’ve missed them all
Don’t know which way to go,
I’ll land where I fall.
Going to go where I’m taken, hope to see you there
Resting on easy on the other side
Lord knows I’ll be shaking these shackles from me
Oh it's gonna be helluva ride
Cause I’veBeen living so high, now I’m breaking down low
That sweet simple life is so hard crack,
Every time I get closer I keep falling off track
Got to hold on dearly to what I got left:
my family , friends and the treble clef.
| Scheme | XABAXCXCB DDXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101101 1111 111111 11111 1011111011111 1011010101 11111011011 11101101 111011111011 111011111 10011110111011 11111011111 1100100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 515 |
| Words | 106 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 190 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Written on December 21, 2018
Submitted by tribeone_b on January 04, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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