Analysis of Another Forgetful Night
TommyD 1957 (Ft. Lee)
Another Forgetful Night
Not sure how it started , I expect how it ends
While starting with spirits , given by friends
We rode on our Harley's , to a place called Red Rock
And began our escape , a beginning Woodstock
The booze started flowing , as the party began
And soon I was wondering , how my clothes were in hand
Recollecting a girl , running round in the nude
and not wondering why , I thought it not crude
While beer and the moonshine , start talking to me
And sudden realization , that I couldn't see
The day turned to darkness , as the party went on
While trying to find sanity , but my mind was far gone
The laughter and crying , was a part of my life
A sudden escape , from my illusions of strife
I remembered imagining , what Mom and Dad thought
Then I lifted by glass , and the happiness brought ...
Who gives a “ rats ass “ , of what they would say
I'm living my life , and this is the way …
That life is a lesson , and I am the boss
But soon slamming jail cells , finds me blaming the sauce
My one only phone call , is soon on my mind
And calling my parents , and dialing while blind
My voice does now echo , and quivers within
And life is a lesson , that Dad will begin …
To lecture and pardon , the horrible choice
That now ever haunts me , when I did once rejoice
Those drugs and the spirits , that entered my soul
And the sound of the music , that's great Rock and Roll …
Have now left me wondering , and thanking that I
Survived one more example , my defiant youth cry
TommyD 2/26/21 ( for my Friend Mike )
Scheme | X AA BB XX CC DD XX EE FF GG XX HH II JJ KK LL X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0100101 111110101111 1101101011 1111010101111 001100100101 011010101001 0111100111001 01001101001 01100111111 1100111011 010101011101 011110101011 11011100111111 010010101111 010011101011 1010010011011 111011001001 1101111111 1101101101 11101001101 111011111001 11101111111 010110010011 1111100101 01101011101 11001001001 111011111101 11001011011 001101011101 111110001011 0111010101011 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,516 |
Words | 287 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 17 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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