Analysis of I don't have a knife to your back
I do not have a knife at your back
but you assume so because of my nasty words
Inside I collapse
when I have no hand to pull me to where I deserve
You are now my safety net
but you do not know that you burden this
you turn your back
and seem to forget that I cannot reach the surface
I am not who you think I am
but I have told you of my haunted past
memories of a man
that I could not escape and can't look past
I want you to see into me
to resurrect those feelings you used to have
understanding, believing
that I am who I am and I'm not that bad
| Scheme | AXXX XXAX XBXB XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (25%) |
| Metre | 111101111 110110111101 01101 1111111111101 1111101 1111111101 1111 0110111101010 11111111 1111111101 100101 1111010111 11111011 1011101111 010010 11111101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 533 |
| Words | 120 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on November 30, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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