Analysis of Self Control



[Verse]
Oh, the night is my world
City light painted girl
In the day nothing matters
It's the night time that flatters
In the night, no control
Through the wall something's breaking
Wearing white as you're walkin'
Down the street of my soul

[Pre-Chorus]
You take my self, you take my self control
You got me livin' only for the night
Before the morning comes, the story's told
You take my self, you take my self control
Another night, another day goes by
I never stop myself to wonder why
You help me to forget to play my role
You take my self, you take my self control

[Chorus]
I, I live among the creatures of the night
I haven't got the will to try and fight
Against a new tomorrow, so I guess I'll just believe it
That tomorrow never comes
A safe night, I'm living in the forest of my dream
I know the night is not as it would seem
I must believe in something, so I'll make myself believe it
That this night will never go

[Break]
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

[Verse]
Oh, the night is my world
City light painted girl
In the day nothing matters
It's the night time that flatters

[Chorus]
I, I live among the creatures of the night
I haven't got the will to try and fight
Against a new tomorrow, so I guess I'll just believe it
That tomorrow never comes
A safe night, I'm living in the forest of my dream
I know the night is not as it would seem
I must believe in something, so I'll make myself believe it
That this night will never go

[Break]
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
by Laura Branigan
Laura Ann Branigan (July 3, 1952 – August 26, 2004)[


Scheme ABCDAexfe gEhxEiieE GHHJKLLJM NMMMM ABCDA GHHJKLLJM NMMmfx
Poetic Form
Metre 1 101111 101101 0011010 101111 001101 1011010 101111 101111 110 1111111101 111110101 0101010101 1111111101 0101010111 110111101 1111011111 1111111101 10 11101010101 1101011101 01010111111011 101101 0111100010111 1101111111 11010101111011 1111101 1 111111 111111 111111 111111 1 101111 101101 0011010 101111 10 11101010101 1101011101 01010111111011 101101 0111100010111 1101111111 11010101111011 1111101 1 111111 111111 111 110100 101100110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,562
Words 302
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 9, 9, 9, 5, 5, 9, 6
Lines Amount 52
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 177
Words per stanza (avg) 43
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Submitted on January 09, 2021

Modified by on April 24, 2021

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