Analysis of Living In An Disillusioned Nation



Come across
Railroads, road signs and locomotives
And with all these empty words left unspoken
It took you long enough to notice
That everything…and everyone is moving
Way too fast…way too fast…wait to last

Coming through
The turnstiles at subway stations
We're all trying to find a way to make it
And I want to know all the dreams you've been chasing
Cause everything…and everyone is moving
Way too fast…way too fast…way to ask

Overwhelmed with
Auditory hallucinations
And over-come with the guilt of
Living in a disillusioned nation

On the freeway, doing eighty-eight
Miles an hour just so I can
Get-away Get-away Get away
From all of this nonsense

I saw you there
Waiting at the airport
But I didn't know what
You were waiting there for

in the skies…all i see are
Helicopters and aero-planes
Hovering above and smothering
All the folks, down below
And for all we know
It's all gonna be for nothing
…And I want to ask
…Is there no shame?

No shame No shame
Just place the blame
Place the blame
On everyone else

No shame No shame
Just place the blame
Place the blame
On everyone else

Always traveling
From one place
To another
Cause' it's never enough
Never enough
Secretly
I think that we
All like to
Suffer

Cause' nothing is ever as simple as riding bicycles
Or watching water drip down from icicles
Cause' something's gotta' give before we receive
But we don't ever get a god d*mn receipt

We're all riding on the same bus
And we're all trying to recover - from the same cuts
But I don't really see how today
is any different from yesterday

I don't really care
What's on the radio
Or the television
Get a move on it
Just get a move on it
Just move on
With it
And I don't really dare
To upset the balance
Cause no…no that would be
Too much of a challenge


Scheme xxabcx defccg xexa xxhx ixxx xxcjjcgk KKKL KKKL cxmnnoodm ppxx bxhh ijaffxfixox
Poetic Form
Metre 101 1110010 01111011010 111101110 110010110 111111111 101 011110 11101101111 011111011110 110010110 111111111 011 1000010 01011011 100001010 10110101 11101111 101101101 111110 1111 10101 111011 101011 0011111 1000101 100010100 101101 01111 11101110 01111 1111 1111 1101 101 1101 1111 1101 101 1101 1100 111 1010 111001 1001 100 1111 111 10 110110110110100 11010111100 11010101101 111101011101 11101011 0111010101011 111101101 110100110 11101 11010 10100 10111 110111 111 11 011101 101010 111111 111010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,708
Words 324
Sentences 2
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 4, 4, 4, 8, 4, 4, 9, 4, 4, 11
Lines Amount 68
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 116
Words per stanza (avg) 27
Font size:
 

Submitted on October 24, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:41 min read
3

Discuss this Jason Mui poem analysis with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Living In An Disillusioned Nation" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 19 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/77167/living-in-an-disillusioned-nation>.

    Become a member!

    Join our community of poets and poetry lovers to share your work and offer feedback and encouragement to writers all over the world!

    April 2024

    Poetry Contest

    Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
    11
    days
    12
    hours
    31
    minutes

    Special Program

    Earn Rewards!

    Unlock exciting rewards such as a free mug and free contest pass by commenting on fellow members' poems today!

    Browse Poetry.com

    Quiz

    Are you a poetry master?

    »
    Who wrote the poem 'My Shadow'?
    A Sylvia Plath
    B Edgar Allan Poe
    C Maya Angelou
    D Robert Louis Stevenson