Analysis of Oxymoron



Looking like the living dead
In this endless hour I dread
Alone together is old news
An open secret if I choose
Sounds of silence in this organized mess
Leave me clearly confused I must confess
Same difference I will act naturally
Just please be brutally honest with me
It's all backwards compatibility
I'm growing smaller in this small crowd
Deeply superficial I think out loud
Can't take your friendly fire so stand down
The controlled chaos is making me frown
Run slowly and happily fail
It's the sweet sorrow on which I dwell
Complicated Simplicity of the adult child
Passive aggressive and a little wild
A tragic comedy but awfully good
The cruel kindness I knew you would
An honest thief but ignorance is bliss
A minor crisis coming to this


Scheme AABBCCDDDEEFFGHIIJJKK
Poetic Form
Metre 1010101 01101011 01010111 11010111 111001101 1110011101 11001111000 1111001011 111000100 110100111 100101111 1111010111 0011011011 11001001 101101111 100010010011 1001000101 0101001101 010101111 1101110011 010101011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 726
Words 132
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 21
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 611
Words per stanza (avg) 132
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