Analysis of Beatnik and Barley
From 12 until 22
I spent most waking hours
under the influence of Cannabis
I couldn't sleep without it
I smoked tobacco as much as possible, and at 19, once I could buy them,
I smoked a pack of cigarettes a day until 23
I was baptized by flames
The herb brought me to God through reggae
I dropped out of school, but I tuned out too
I turned off and I burned out
I grew some mushrooms
and I ate most of them
Then I did tune in and I quit smoking
And started lifting weights
But around 27
when my dad was in the hospital again
I spent a year or two binge drinking Brandy from Friday night until Sunday morning
If I didn't already have no friends
I probably wouldn't have any after that
I wasn't very nice to myself
or the imaginary people I was drinking with
Then just before 29
I grew more mushrooms and ate a bunch
And quit drinking
And remembered the redemption song
from my pot smoking days
I remembered I found Christ back then
And I rekindled my faith
Unorthodox as it may seem
I don't know if I love myself still
I love life though.
Scheme | AXXXBA XXXX XBCX XDCXXXX XXCXXDXX AX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101 1111010 1001001100 1101011 11011111000111111 11011010101 110111 01111111 1111111111 1110111 11110 011111 1111001110 010101 101 1111001001 11011111010110101110 1110010111 110010110101 11010111 1001001011101 1101 111100101 0110 001000101 111101 101011111 0101011 0101111 11111111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,063 |
Words | 230 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 4, 7, 8, 2 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 137 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted by Qayin_Saccharum on May 04, 2024
Modified by Qayin_Saccharum on May 04, 2024
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