Analysis of Lunatic
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
I'm staring out the window,
Watching the world go by,
And I'm thinking to myself,
"What planet is making
Me a lunatic right now?"
Is it Jupiter?
Is it Mars?
Is it some distant galaxy,
Wreaking havoc
On my already fragile
State of mind?
I don't know.
I don't know much
Of anything lately.
All I know is
That I feel like
I'm going crazy.
My thoughts are racing,
My hands are shaking,
And I can't seem
To quiet the voices
Inside my head.
Maybe it's the booze.
Maybe it's the cigarettes.
Maybe it's just the general
Malaise of existence.
I don't know.
But something's gotta give, man.
Something's gotta give.
I wanna scream,
I wanna break things,
I wanna run away from it all.
But where would I go?
What would I do?
Who would I be
Without this madness
That's consuming me?
I'm a lunatic,
it's true.
And I don't think
Any planet
In the universe
Can take the blame
For that.
It's just me.
Fucked up, hopeless me.
But hey,
What's the alternative?
Being sane?
Being normal?
That's not for me.
I prefer the chaos,
The pain,
The endless struggle.
That's what makes me feel alive.
Let the planets spin,
Let the stars wink,
Let the universe expand.
I'll be here,
In my own little corner
Of insanity,
Making sense
Of the nonsensical.
That's just how it is.
That's just who I am.
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (43%) |
Metre | 1101010 100111 011011 110110 101011 11100 111 11110100 1010 1101010 111 111 1111 11010 1111 1111 11010 11110 11110 0111 110010 0111 10101 101001 10110100 011010 111 1101011 10101 1101 11011 110101111 11111 1111 1111 01110 10101 1010 11 0111 1010 0010 1101 11 111 11101 11 100100 101 1010 1111 101010 01 01010 1111101 10101 1011 101001 111 0111010 10100 101 100100 11111 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 1,326 |
Words | 307 |
Sentences | 33 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 11, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10 |
Lines Amount | 65 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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