Analysis of My shade of gray
I've been slacking lately
not in the mood, not myself.
Kind of a lazy, not yet lively
enough to feel alright:
A figurine on a museum shelf.
Some days come with excitement.
Some days fit like brand new shoes.
Sometimes I feel the need
to cry-out a lament -- listening for boos,
or whomsoever would hear my plead.
I have moments that are whimsical,
and could be thought sort of crazy.
Those are days of hopeful miracles,
that leave me likeable as a Spring daisy,
or cheerful as a big red rose that glows.
What makes my mood shift drastically?
Sometimes twice a day and then goes away.
Leaving me not wanting to be socially
inclined, wasting away with nothing to say;
never caring at all about my shade of gray.
In those moments I find myself a place to nap,
to read a book. to wonder where I'm at today.
Sleep doesn't usually come; that is always crap.
So I lay there with a thousand-mile-stare
watching the sun, or gray skies, lazily change my day.
Always I find time to spend with you.
no matter my feelings given red, white, and blue.
Not a clue what I should do, as your love is so true,
that it staggers all my emotions bringing on the night,
an bringing on all my dreams of you.
| Scheme | ABACB XDEDE XAXAX AFAFF GFGXF HHHCH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110 100111 110101110 01111 001100101 1111010 1111111 011101 11100110011 10101111 111011100 01111110 111110100 11110010110 1101011111 11111100 0110101101 10111011100 01100111011 101011011111 01101110111 110111011101 110100011111 1111101011 1001111100111 11111111 110110101101 1011111111111 11101101010101 110111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 1,153 |
| Words | 224 |
| Sentences | 17 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 30 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 153 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on October 09, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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