Analysis of The struggle

Baggs 1977 (Sydney)



Here we are once again my cries fall on deaf ears
Give my all I'm still second best it's been like that for years
What's it take for me to be seen or acknowledge that I exist
If I vanish from your life I doubt I'd even be missed
I'm no silver tongue but I am loyal and fun
That's not enough along comes a pretty face and you run
I see the beauty in your soul and pain behind your smile
It'd be nice if someone seen mine once in awhile
Until that day I'll slowly withdraw and take a back seat
There's no point fighting anymore I know when I'm beat.


Scheme AABBCCDDEE
Poetic Form
Metre 111101111111 11111101111111 1111111110101101 11101111111011 111011111001 11010110101011 11010011010111 101111111001 01111100101011 111100111111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 541
Words 113
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 42
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 424
Words per stanza (avg) 113
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Submitted on March 04, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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