Analysis of Lonely road.
On a dusty road with sand on my feet
Being controlled by my enemy
Lowly and sorry for everything I've done
Lost in a world without sympathy
Skin very dry and bones very weak
Tears falling down like a waterfall
Finally my feet give, my legs tremble much
Pulling with my arms, forcing me to crawl
Why am I in this humiliating position?
Why am I struggling to stand?
I've lost trust in love
I don't think it's real
Even when he offers me his hand
I'm simply sad and alone
With nothing to call my own
When I work hard and smile
I get tossed off my throne
It is driving me crazy
But I refuse to give up
I'm just afraid that one day
It won't be the same
I'll just rot on the ground
Until my name fades away
I had friends.
But I don't want to need them,
Because in the end
It will cost me my freedom.
I had to stay humble
Or the people will mumble
Stones and bricks are cast
Good moments won't last
Rejected from caring
My life has been daring me to survive.
Yet I don't feel alive
I feel like I'm burning inside
Constantly hiding
Running, walking, crawling
Falling into a hole
Cover it up with dirt
So I'll have no where left to go
I just want peace
And to be happy
Enjoy small things
That keep me laughing
It's just so hard to find
I'm so far behind
This cage makes me feel vulnerable
Tearing skin from my knuckles
This lonely road I'm on
Keeps me locked into this circle
Called life.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010111111 100111100 1001011011 100101100 110101101 11011010 10011111101 1011110111 111010100010 11110011 11101 11111 101110111 1101001 1101111 111101 111111 1110110 1101111 1101111 11101 111101 0111101 111 1111111 01001 1111110 111110 1010110 10111 11011 010110 1111101101 111101 11111001 10010 101010 100101 101111 11111111 1111 01110 0111 11110 111111 11101 111111000 1011110 110111 11101110 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,329 |
Words | 274 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 5, 10, 17, 11 |
Lines Amount | 51 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 216 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on August 28, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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