Analysis of Alcoholism
Don't take it out on the dog
You brought this on yourself, old man
Kin suffers through your drunken ire
As you grab another Heineken
Brain cells go
Feeling so low
As you wish to feel alive again
It's a shame to say
That this here way
Is the common outcome of contrite men
(Written on September 17, 2012)
© Ricky Randall
September 17,2012
| Scheme | XXXXAABCCB D XD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111101 11110111 11011101 111010100 111 1011 111110101 10111 1111 101011011 101010 1010 010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 326 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10, 1, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on September 29, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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