Analysis of A Gentleman!
Evans E Bradley 1949 (Washington, DC)
A gentleman is something I've always tried to be,
It seems like for some reason it's always hurting me,
I meet someone I like and I try to talk the game,
But once that person meets me they see I'm not the same,
Is that good or is that bad it's really hard to say,
I just know that after that they really don't want to play,
It really leaves me lonely and feeling quite depressed,
Even though I've been so honest and tried to do my best,
Trying to be honest and not telling any lies,
Seems to be the thing that hurts me most and makes me want to cry,
It seems some women just like the lying cheating man,
For a man who opens his heart seems not to have a chance,
I've been this way so long, so I no longer question why,
I only hope is that I meet someone; I can love before I die,
Why can I find someone who will accept me for what I am,
A lonely, horny, unloved, brokenhearted gentleman!
Scheme | AABBCCDDEFGHFFIJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010011011111 111111011101 111110111101 1111011111101 1111111110111 11111011101111 1101110010101 10111110011111 1011100110101 111011111011111 1111011010101 10111011111101 11111111110101 1101111111110111 11111110111111 01010011100 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 872 |
Words | 180 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 680 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 180 |
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