Analysis of YEARS
mad hippie poet 1974 (new jersey)
I sat in the same place for years, waiting for the train carrying all the gold to come in; they told me that I would never win and that you are not like them, so I was living a life that was only yours in sin they keep shutting the doors in my face. Still, a new one will open, so I look at the bastards in their beautiful little eyes that lie in on their lying faces, knowing that soon I will get out of this place.
I'm tired, but I'm not broken with all these years on my head, and walking with the dead, I became a little more spoken, fighting for what is mine, crossing that made-up line. I look in the mirror and hear ancient voices tell me I'm doing fine.
I have been sitting still all these years, being everyone's whipping boy, putting my peace and joy aside, not living, just getting by and surviving. I say no more of this bullshit, so I'm not waiting for the train; I'm not keeping my head buried in the sand, so once again, I look at my demons square between the eyes and say, here I am. You can no longer beat me, so sit back and watch me rise to the freedom that I deserve and missed all these years.
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Metre | 1100111110101100101110111111101011111111110011110101111001011101111011110100110010111011101010111111111 110111101111111010101101010110101111101111110010011010111101 111101111101010110110101110110100101111111111101011110111000111011111101010101111111101111101111010110101111 |
Characters | 1,116 |
Words | 228 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 3 |
Letters per line (avg) | 285 |
Words per line (avg) | 75 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 285 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 75 |
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