Analysis of Stuck in reverse
Kelley Davies 1983 (Dallas)
Slow down, Kelley
That's what they keep telling me
But I can't go any slower
I'm feeling like a failure and am trapped
In words I can't decipher
Cryptic messages that mean nothing to anyone
I want to get lost and drown in the ocean of love
But God tells me to keep moving
I want to go down to His water to be with Him always
But He keeps telling me to get up and get going
I just want to be with You, Lover
No longer a part of this world
No longer a part of this pain
This torment, and torture
I want to be with my Father, Friend, Lover
And to get lost down there in that field of timeless wonder and wisdom
Away from this hellish pitiful mess of my life.
| Scheme | A A B X B X X C X C B X X B B X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110 1111101 11111010 1101010011 0111010 101001110110 1111101001011 11111110 11111111011111 1111011110110 111111110 11001111 11001111 11010 11111110110 01111101111010010 0111101001111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 673 |
| Words | 153 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 17 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 30 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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