Analysis of That Guy



I am standing in line at the Super Save
When I smell his elegant aftershave.
Just a hint not an intense wave.
Suddenly my aching heart won’t behave.
Standing there in the checkout line
I look around for the egotistical slime
Who broke this tender heart of mine.
But he isn’t standing near this time.
Instead, standing there by the door
Is the bagger who works in this store.
A teenager boy covered with zits galore.
He isn’t my guy that is for sure.
He smiles and just for a moment I can foresee
The man this boy is going to be.
His egotistic smile seems to agree,
Young girls’ hearts will be broken for free.


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Poetic Form
Metre 11100110101 111110001 10111011 1001101101 1010011 11011001001 11110111 11110111 01101101 10111011 0101101101 11111111 110110101101 011111011 1111101 111111011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 602
Words 116
Sentences 10
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 478
Words per stanza (avg) 116
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Submitted on February 24, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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