Analysis of The cell I'm in
Kelley Davies 1983 (Dallas)
Self doubt drives concern
Will he make it?
Will he burn?
Will he destroy himself before the tide has turned?
Karma is at my back door
Banging on the roof
Crawling through the window
The cracks in the facade
Are visible from the street
They see right through me
A piece of meat
How can I apologize
For what I've done?
A thousand times over I've tried
What else can I do but go to the grave?
Would that make you happy?
From this cell, would I be saved?
Or would I just have to come back and do it all over again?
| Scheme | A X A X X X X X B C B X X X X C X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 1111 111 110101010111 1011111 10101 101010 010001 1100101 11111 0111 111010 1111 01011011 1111111101 111110 1111111 1111111101111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 569 |
| Words | 137 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 18 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 22 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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Submitted by kbdallas2020 on March 22, 2024
Modified by kbdallas2020 on March 22, 2024
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