Analysis of shot down



she did my spanish homework freshman year
in high school
so i didnt mind her sitting next to me
during my quiet time

sitting in the goldmine
and she says
it occurs to me that
maybe you aren't warming up to me
because i haven't been honest with you

i'm not warming up to you simply because
i'm not warming up to you

well maybe you sense something
suspicious

my you have a high opinion of yourself
thinking you have invented
a new form of deception
i am equally suspicous of everyone

the thing is
i can never posess a firearm

oh i see
you are a felon

no not a felon
it was part of the deal to keep me from being a felon
i shot at my ex old man

i was thinking
well damn, an ugly dull controlling
jealous troll
who may or may not
be sharpening her aim
and she's taken a shine to me

these situations gravitate towards me
like junk cars in the back yard


Scheme XXAX XXXAB XB CX XXDD XX AD DDX CCXXXA AX
Poetic Form
Metre 111101101 011 1111010111 101101 10001 011 101111 1011010111 0111011011 11101111001 1110111 1101110 010 11101010101 1011010 0111010 111001110 011 11101010 111 11010 11010 111101111110010 1111111 1110 111101010 101 11111 110001 01100111 101010011 1110011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 825
Words 173
Sentences 1
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 3, 6, 2
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 67
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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