Analysis of The shot in the glass

Joe Grassa 1956 (Brooklyn NY)



It starts out as fun that shot in the glass;
Then all the good times seem to go by so fast;

The drinks that I drink the things that I think;
Seem to get lost because of the drink in the drink;

Time seems to go so fast, next it seems to stand still;
I know something's wrong cause I have to many slots to fill;

The drink in the drink is messing up the way that I think;
Looking at the ocean but living in a pond;
Don't it sound stupid? I'm not very fond;

Well the drink in the drink is pushing me to the brink;
But maybe just maybe if I put down that drink in the drink;
My mind will refocus and I will remember what I think;

The drink in the drink the shot in the glass;
How does it go, I think "all things will pass;


Scheme AX BB CC BDD BBB AA
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111001 11011111111 0111101111 111101101001 111111111111 11101111110111 01001110101111 101010110001 1111011101 1010011101101 110110111111001 111010011010111 0100101001 1111111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 722
Words 170
Sentences 2
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 39
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 25

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Addiction recovery

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Written on January 15, 2023

Submitted by josephg.81565 on September 08, 2023

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