Analysis of Life Beyond the Pale



Colors running in the rain
Wet leaves play at my ankles
I missed the bus again
A dull aching rankles

Lover's gone out looking
For next year's model
Leaving me  to be looking
For my next hour's bottle

I'm another year older
Weather's turning colder
And I haven't a clue
As to whom I am
As if I give a d*mn
We're stuck beyond the pale

Got a kick in the mouth
Handed me my head
And sent me packing  South
Must've been something I said

I'm another year older...

Another dump another dive
I don't need more to drink
But put me in mode survive
I'm amazed I manage to think

I'm another year older...

Crawled in from the wild
Feeling like a naughty child
Going down in a shot
Of silky smooth Southern Comfort

Angela Garcia as NeonMosfet


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Poetic Form
Metre 1010001 1111110 110101 011010 101110 11110 1011110 1111010 1010110 101010 011001 11111 1111011 110101 101001 10111 011101 1011011 1010110 01010101 111111 1110101 10111011 1010110 10101 1010101 101001 11011010 1001011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 700
Words 140
Sentences 3
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 6, 4, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 63
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted on January 25, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Angela Neon Garcia

Majored in Chemistry and Zoology at Miami University, Oxford Ohio. Wrote one scifi novel, Caviar Emptor, SyFy.com I have been writing poetry since 1973, Served in the United States Air Force 1974-1978, Served Army Reserve, 1980-1982 more…

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