Analysis of I hate being scared like that
*I hate being scared like that*
Is it something about me with people
Or is it something about people with me
Or is it just the way I feel about them
How I feel they feel about me
Or is it just plainly the way I feel!
Is it me; oh tell me it's not me
It's just I'm scared, I hate to be this scared
So I only get to know
And don't get close
I stay at an arm's length
Sometimes I'm carried away
But soon I'm getting a back
Our grounds drift apart
And I vainly try to hold on—
'Cause, you see, when I touch
When I hold, I can't easily let go.
I'm always scared, I hate being scared like that
So, though rarely, when close comes
I keep that close at a foot's length—
No touch, no hold, just a close
Still I'm scared, feels like I've my steps
On a long tight rope without ground left or right
And anytime I might miss a step
And put my foot on the wrong place.
I hate to be scared like that
I fear to be liked "because"
I don't like to be told
Because what if I don't maintain that "because"
And I don't want to maintain it
I want it to come and go as before— when it pleases
And I'm scared perhaps the way I want it
Isn't perhaps the way it works...
I hate to be scared like that
I hate praises, they make me feel like
The person caught me on tip-toe
And eventually my toes will tire
Or perhaps the person made a rash statement
And soon will make up the mind.
I'm just scared; can I be sure why?
Or whether I was scared first then the "why"
Or it was the "why" first then I became scared?
I hate being scared like that!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111 1110011110 11110011011 11110111011 11111011 1111100111 111111111 1111111111 1110111 0111 111111 0111001 1111001 101101 01101111 111111 1111110011 1111110111 1110111 11111011 1111101 11111111 10111011111 01011101 01111011 1111111 1111101 111111 01111101101 01111011 11111011011110 0110101111 10010111 1111111 111011111 01011111 00100011110 10101010110 0111101 11111111 1101111101 11101111011 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,519 |
Words | 320 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 5, 2, 9, 1, 7, 1, 7, 1, 5, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 43 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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