Analysis of You’re no good
philip lacey 1956 (United Kingdom)
You’re no good you’re a bad bitch babe
You’re no good you cheat and you lie
You’re no good no not even maybe
This man is leaving and saying goodbye
You have taken me way past the limit
I just can’t take any more
I’ll be out of your life right this minute
I’m walking out through the door
You’re no good you’re a bad bitch babe
You’re no good you cheat and you lie
You’re no good no not even maybe
This man is leaving and saying goodbye
I have tried I have made excuses
For all your lies and deceits
And now that I’ve run out of uses
I’ll be leaving quiet and discreet
You’re no good you’re a bad bitch babe
You’re no good you cheat and you lie
You’re no good no not even maybe
This man is leaving and saying goodbye
Threes nothing you can say
To make me change my mind and stay
So I’ll be on my way
I’m living for myself from today
You’re no good you’re a bad bitch babe
You’re no good you cheat and you lie
You’re no good no not even maybe
This man is leaving and saying goodbye
Scheme | ABCB dede ABCB xxxx ABCB ffff ABCB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (86%) |
Metre | 11110111 11111011 111111010 111100101 1110111010 1111101 1111111110 1101101 11110111 11111011 111111010 111100101 111111010 1111001 011111110 111010001 11110111 11111011 111111010 111100101 110111 11111101 111111 11011101 11110111 11111011 111111010 111100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 998 |
Words | 201 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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