Analysis of I'm Tired
I’m tired of baiting
and tired of hating
I’m tired of winning
in a rained out inning
I’m tired of loving
when love’s not returned
I’m tired of crying
tears poisoned and spurned
I’m tired of reasons
excuses for treason
I’m tired of answers
to questions now censored
I’m tired of forgiving
the past repeating again
But I’m most tired of wishing
—as hope turns to pain
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110 010110 110110 001110 110110 11101 110110 11001 110110 010110 110110 110110 1101010 0101001 11110110 11111 0100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 422 |
Words | 71 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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