Analysis of Black Coffee And Stale Cigarettes
you know what the chances are for me
cause you know i'd die without my "artery"
you go to work then you come back home
remember when you would drop your keys then scream and moan?
these days are changing so fast yet i feel just the same
oh what i wouldn't give to travel back to yesterday
we came, we saw, what we thought was reality
but you know you'd lose yourself in the illusion without me
you know what i'm giving up is hard for me
cause for better or worse, it's part of me
you know that i'm living in the twilight zone
but you know what? i feel right at home
delayed again oh when will you ever change
you always said if we make it through tomorrow, it would be a better day
and everyone was telling me how you were wrong for me
but f*ck them all, cause baby, in your arms, i long to be
Scheme | AABC XDAA AACB XDAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111010111 11111011100 111111111 0101111111101 1111011111101 1111011101110 1111111110 111110100010011 11111011111 1110111111 1111100011 111111111 01011111101 11111111011110101 0101101110111 111111100111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 778 |
Words | 162 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 154 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on September 29, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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