Analysis of Paranoia



People are out to get me
A reason I don't know
Running from what I can't see
And I'm falling as I go
Nothing is going to stop it
Or help my sanity
I'm afraid of this culprit
A demon inside of me


Scheme ABABCACA
Poetic Form Acrostic
Metre 1011111 010111 1011111 0110111 10110111 111100 1011110 0100111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 187
Words 43
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 148
Words per stanza (avg) 43
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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