Analysis of Twenty Cigarettes and One More Night
Twenty cigarettes one more night
It’s been such a long time baby
Twenty cigarettes one more night
Such a long, long time
Waiting shadows of illumination
Beaten back bloody frustration
Ego trip soulful castration
Past lines of demarcation
Love or curious fascination
My rebirth your assassination
Twenty cigarettes one more night
It’s been such a long time baby
Twenty cigarettes and one more night
Such a long, long time
| Scheme | ABAC dddddd ABaC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001111 11101110 1001111 10111 10110010 10110010 1011010 111010 11100010 10110010 1001111 11101110 10010111 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 426 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
Waiting for the click of an artificial heart valve in the night.
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