Analysis of The Spade



Crisping within my own thoughts,
a conscience that flips cards
just spades never revealing hearts.
I haven't eatin, I cant even sleep
my eyes ache, and my will begins to break.
No longer do I care about the pains
that i'll share, for when I'm in dispair the casino is always near.
Rush in and to the roulete the
devastation ends with russian roulette
how ironic that the very thing that can
fix problems becomes the biggest problem, it's no longer a game it's a shame a shovel
digging myself a grave till there's no way to solve the simple.
So I run from the sun but theres no shade...
I hide but nothing goes away
I cry but my tears come in waves
I come out of my own cave
just when I think im gonna break
my family drops a heart to save
me from the spade.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKKLMNOEOL
Poetic Form
Metre 101111 010111 11100101 110111101 1110110111 1101110101 1111110010010111 1001010 010111001 10101010111 1100101010111001101010 10101111111010 1111011111 11110101 11111101 1111111 11111101 110010111 1101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 739
Words 149
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 590
Words per stanza (avg) 149
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Marvin F Tompkins Jr

Place: St louis, MO Year : 1982 Insp ; Tupac, Edgar Allen Poe, and family Style: Urban musical more…

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