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
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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Submitted by musopa on May 09, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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