Analysis of I’ve been raped
philip lacey 1956 (United Kingdom)
I’ve been raped of my dignity
I’ve been raped left with humility
I’ve been raped, raped emotionally
I’ve been raped left with insanity
I’ve been raped by politics religion too
Commerce rapes society’s views
But there’s one kind of rape I can’t understand
It’s the worst kind of rape it’s the one that’s done by man
I’ve been raped, raped by the teachers in school
I’ve been raped made out to be the fool
I’ve been raped “but tell me what’s new
I’ve been raped, raped of my point of view
Did God create man or man create god
Or was he dyslexic and couldn’t spell dog
Whatever the reason we may be here
It’s only mankind that can rape you using fear
All you show is violence all you show is conceit
All you know is contention all you know is deceit
You crave to have the power you crave to dominate
Your egocentric schizophrenic distorted manic state
I’ve been raped but I’m still on my feet
I’ve been raped I’m down but you ain’t got me beat
I’ve been raped, raped so viciously
I’ve been raped I struggle to be free
But you held me down with all your power and might
Inflicting your torture while I tried to fight
You were relentless but I never gave in
And that’s why I want you to know
I’ve been raped of my dignity
I’ve been raped left with humility
I’ve been raped but I’m still on my feet
I’ve been raped but you ain’t got me beat
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Metre | 11111100 111110100 11110100 111110100 1111100101 10111 1111111101 1011111011111 1111101001 111111101 11111101 111111111 1101111011 1110100111 100101111 110111111101 1111100111101 1111010111101 111101011110 1010010010101 111111111 11111111111 11111100 111110111 111111111001 01011011111 10010111010 01111111 11111100 111110100 111111111 111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,369 |
Words | 258 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 4, 8, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 208 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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