Analysis of Sweet 16
Daniel Millard 1976 (Medford, OR)
Strict
Restraints
Retardants
Re-uptake Inhibitors
Help me realign
Regression Therapy
E.M.D.R.
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing
Haldol
Anti-psychotic injections
Killing me
Choking off my life
Held down
Shot in my ass
Ripped off my pants
Cutting my skin
Cutting my soul
Cuffed
Turned over backward
Punished for being confused
Raped for being born
But not killed
Still pretty in the face
Coughing up the rotting sewage
Of my past
| Scheme | ABBCDEFGHIEJKLMNHOPQRSTUV |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (44%) |
| Metre | 1 01 1 110100 11001 010100 1111 11010100 1 1010010 101 10111 11 1011 1111 1011 1011 1 11010 1011001 11101 111 110001 10101010 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 411 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 25 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 362 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
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