Analysis of Don’t Know



I’m walking across a bridge to the other side.

I don’t really feel dead or alive.

Blood on my clothes, blood in my nose.

Guess that pretty girl I couldn’t hold.

The air was cold and the sky was red.

I hear her singing as the branches bled.

I’m walking across a bridge to the other side.

I don’t really feel dead or alive.

I don’t know.

I don’t know.

Blood on my clothes, blood in my nose.

I guess that pretty girl I couldn’t hold.

I don’t know.

I don’t know.

I’m walking across a bridge to the other side.

I made friends with the city lights.

I tried and I tried.

Blame me I’m the fall guy.

Save me oh Lord can we

Can we wait till sunrise

I’m walking across a bridge to the other side.

I don’t really feel dead or alive.

I don’t know.

I don’t know.

Blood on my clothes, blood in my nose.

I guess that pretty girl I couldn’t hold.

I don’t know.

I don’t know.


Scheme A B C d e e A B F F C D F F A x a x x x A B F F C D F F
Poetic Form
Metre 110010110101 111011101 11111011 11101111 011100111 1101010101 110010110101 111011101 111 111 11111011 111101111 111 111 110010110101 11110101 11011 111011 111111 11111 110010110101 111011101 111 111 11111011 111101111 111 111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 922
Words 226
Sentences 26
Stanzas 28
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 23
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Written on September 15, 2022

Submitted by VasioLourdes on December 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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