Analysis of I Don't Understand
A new page of life hits the fan.
I won't erase it from my memory.
Smoke is billowing from my heart,
because it has burned so long.
Charred pieces come to life,
And there you are with your hand out.
There is something about you
And I can't quite put my finger on it.
You bring out the light in me,
And I don't understand it.
You've imprinted words
into my tortured mind,
And I don't understand it.
I feel the day with no more night.
Do I deserve his kind?
To be lifted up again?
I don't understand you.
| Scheme | xaxxxx bcaC xdCx dxb |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01111101 1101111100 11100111 0111111 110111 01111111 1110011 0111111011 1110101 011011 10101 011101 011011 11011111 110111 1110101 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 485 |
| Words | 100 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on September 16, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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