Analysis of John Lennon
My friend
think about this life.
Think...think...think.
Keep on thinking
and thinking
and thinking
and thinking...
Until you become Aristotle,
or Plato
or Socrates
or Thomas Hobbes
or J. J. Rousseau.
Are you a saddist;
a loner--you have no friends?
Think twice...keep on thinking...
You need a friend:
"What a friend we have in Jesus"
Two good heads are better than one.
That man who shot John Lennon was a loner; he had no friend;
and he killed Lennon;
he killed Lennon...
just imagine...John Lennon...
He killed him...
Just imagine...
Make a friend today
and be happy,
so that you will not kill John Lennon.
Are you a pagan, an atheist, an agnostic?
You need a strong faith in your maker;
you need to align with God
so that you do not kill John Lennon.
How do you find solace in life?
you need a powerful helper,
so that you don't kill John Lennon.
Do you pray at all?
Prayer is the master key;
pray so that you don't John kill Lennon.
Don't kill yourself
because of that problem
that traumatises you.
It could just vanish overnight
just like that.
One day at a time.
Jesus started with prayer
and ended with prayer.
One day at a time.
Pray that you do not
kill John Lennon,
John Lennon.
One day at a time.
Yes, don't kill him.
Have a nice day!
Scheme | abccCCC xdeed axcaxf afffgf hxf cixf bif xcf xxxxxJ kkJ xffJ gh |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11 10111 1 1110 010 010 010 01101100 110 110 11010 11101 1101 0101111 11110 1101 10111010 11111011 111111010101111 01110 1110 1110 111 1010 10101 0110 111111110 1101011001010 110110110 1110111 111111110 11111001 11010010 11111110 11111 110101 111111110 1101 011110 111 11110101 111 11101 101011 01011 11101 11111 1110 110 11101 1111 1011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,263 |
Words | 284 |
Sentences | 33 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 5, 6, 6, 3, 4, 3, 3, 6, 3, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 52 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
Your destiny is in your hands. Believe in your creator. Make friends and pray to God. Don't kill John Lennon.
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