Analysis of Free Once Again
It's calm now.
I stick out my teeth
And grind the bars.
I want out of jail.
Even though I didn't
Pay the bail.
I was arrested
For a crime
I didn't commit.
This is worse than
My own vomit
And tastes vile like bile.
“Let me out of these bars!”
I say. The guard comes
And looks at me,
As if I'm an alien from Mars.
But could he truly know
That I'm different from other people?
That I'm innocent and a man
From the high steeple?
A church from the highest perch?
Yes, I was right,
So I sang my song,
And a tale that would never fail,
That I am born again
And Jesus is my highest rock
And he could save me from this lock.
Jesus Christ is my fortress.
I said to the priest I Confess.
And thanks be to God
Police found the true culprit
And I was free once again.
| Scheme | XXABXB XXCDXX AXXAXE DEXXXB FGGXX XCF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 11111 0101 11111 101110 101 11010 101 11001 1111 1110 01111 111111 11011 0111 111110011 111101 1110011010 11100001 10110 0110101 1111 11111 00111101 111101 01011101 01111111 1011110 11101101 01111 0110110 0111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 763 |
| Words | 180 |
| Sentences | 16 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 32 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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This poem is from: I Am A Man As I Should Be: Poem Book 1, on amazon, It’s formatted in Kindle, large print, audio, hardcover, and paperback. Check it out.
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