Analysis of Stranger
One of the hardest days of my life
Was when I became
“a nice man”
It was a terrible day
Because I had no plan
That my love was slipping from me
And I was no longer who I used to be
Dementia
Ripped the memory
From her mind
That I was her son
Now I was just somebody who was kind
No longer to her was I me
Her eyes were open
But her mind was to blind to see
One of the hardest days for me
Being unable to set her free
Just a “nice man”
With a spiritual plea
Just one more day
That she’ll remember me
Eric (and sometimes not)
Scheme | XXABACCXCDEDCECCCACBC X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101111 11101 011 1101001 011111 11111011 01111011111 0100 10100 101 11101 111110111 11010111 01010 10111111 11010111 100101101 1011 1010001 1111 110101 100011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 533 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 21, 1 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 201 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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