Analysis of I Am Me
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
The whiskey burns
As I scribble on paper
Words flowing freely
Like the booze in my veins
I hear the city
Breathing outside my window
Its heartbeat echoing
In the silence of my room
My mind wanders
Through memories and regrets
Broken dreams and shattered hopes
All hidden behind a tough façade
I light a cigarette
And inhale deeply
The smoke fills my lungs
And I feel alive
In this moment
I am me
Living the life of a writer
Drinking and writing
Until there's nothing left
The page is full
And so is my glass
I stumble to bed
With a heart full of sorrow
But tomorrow is a new day
And I'll drag myself out of bed
To start the cycle again
Writing and drinking
Until the end.
Scheme | XABX BCDX XXXX XBXX XBADX XXEC XEXDX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101 1110110 11010 101011 11010 1011110 11100 0010111 1110 1100001 1010101 110010111 11001 00110 01111 01101 0110 111 10011010 10010 011101 0111 01111 11011 1011110 1011011 0111111 1101001 10010 0101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 682 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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