Analysis of Sometimes



Sometimes I’m drunk
Sometimes I’m stoned
Sometimes I’m tired
Of being alone
Sometimes I’m up
Sometimes I’m down
Sometimes misguided
Just hangin’ around

Every day’s another day of making choices
One more chance to grab what you can get
Nobody wants to hear if you’re dishearted
Or you’re walking…on a wire…without a net

Sometimes I’m bad
Sometimes I’m good
Sometimes I don’t
Even if I should
Sometimes I’m right
Sometimes I’m wrong
Sometimes the music
Ain’t the right song

My picture puzzle’s missing pieces
Kept on my mantle yesterday
You help me find another vision
And throw my…broken puzzles…away

Sometimes I’m up
Sometimes I’m down
I’m just damn lucky
That you’re still around


Scheme xaxxBCxd efaf xgagxhxh eixi BCxd
Poetic Form
Metre 0111 0111 01110 11001 0111 0111 01010 1101 1001010111010 111111111 1111111 111010100101 0111 0111 0111 10111 0111 0111 01010 1011 110101010 1111010 111101010 011101001 0111 0111 11110 11101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 732
Words 117
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 8, 4, 8, 4, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 109
Words per stanza (avg) 23

About this poem

Wrote whimsically with a guitar in my hand to a challenge from my oldest, Kasey, saying something like “Why haven’t you written anything in 10 years?” This popped out. Simple…without the agony of every word that I’m sure most of you know. Don’t judge me on this, just (hopefully) enjoy :)

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Written on September 23, 2023

Submitted by GregLanier on November 05, 2023

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