Analysis of What's the reason?
His Side Her Side
She('s) He('s)
lying lying
was all over me was all over me
wanted it forced me
never said stop never let me speak
was enjoying it held me down
We/They We/They
were all high were all high
were having fun having fun at first
I I
didn't do anything am telling the truth wouldn't do anything she didn't want was unconscious
don't know why she would lie was crying hysterically
don't remember that will never forget
am innocent am a victim
| Scheme | X XXAAXX XBX BXAXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 1101 1111 1010 1110111101 10111 101110111 10101111 1111 011011 010110111 11 1011011001101101101110 111111110100 1010111001 11001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,301 |
| Words | 88 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 3, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 62 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 233 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem when I was in a dark place struggling with my past.
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