Analysis of When I Think You're One Thing



Just when I think you're open you quickly slam the door
And then return to silence under your old hard core
Just when I think you're lovely you make an ugly face
And then return to silence under your old disgrace
Just when I think you're pious you instigate sheer h***
And then return to silence under your old cartel
Just when I think you're friendly you show hostility
And then return to silence under your old decree
Just when I think you're muted you say a word or two
And then return to silence under your old curfew
Just when I think you're kindly you cause a heart to bleed
And then return to silence under your old misdeed
Just when I think you're faithful you suddenly betray
And then return to silence under your old cachet
Just when I think you're one thing you become something odd
And then return to silence under your old facade.


Scheme AABBCDEEFFGGHHII
Poetic Form
Metre 1111110110101 0101110101111 1111110111101 0101110101101 111111011011 0101110101101 1111110110100 0101110101101 1111110110111 0101110101110 1111110110111 0101110101111 1111110110001 0101110101110 1111111101101 0101110101101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 828
Words 158
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 42
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 674
Words per stanza (avg) 158
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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