Analysis of Let me be the shoulder, on which you lean.
Let me be the shoulder, on which you lean.
I want to do this, I think you're pretty keen.
I vent to you, and you're there for me all the time.
Helping you would make me feel simply sublime.
I know you're not this fragile girl anymore.
But believe me, you've never been a chore!
You act like you're a nuisance, that you constantly drag me down.
When in reality, you are the reason, that I no longer wear my frown.
You helped me cleanse this old, broken, and tainted soul of mine.
You're the very reason, that I am happy, the reason that I'm fine!
So don't take my reason for being, and throw it away.
I just want you by my side, forever and ever to stay!!!
You are a part of me, my twin, we share the same heart and soul.
When you don't lean on me, your absence leaves a giant hole!
Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE FF GG |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 1110101111 11111111101 111101111101 10111111001 1111110101 1011110101 111101011100111 10101101011110111 11111110010111 10101011110010111 11111011001101 111111101001011 110111111101101 11111111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 768 |
Words | 156 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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