Analysis of Pennies on the mountain
Kelley Davies 1983 (Dallas)
Dropping change out my pocket like a pickpocket lost in the wilderness
Screwed up, messed up, fleeting thoughts, fleeing from my feelings
Where's the answer and the truth. Endless optimism leading to total disappointment.
Nothing makes sense anymore. The leaves fall and it means nothing. The sun rises, it means less.
Here I go yet again and again, the same topic over and over. Making me want to lose it all to the winded windowpane.
I want to crush and cry, my soul and spirit drowning in rain. I wish the pain would stop, but it won't. And I just can't surrender.
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Metre | 10111101010100100 1111101101110 10100011010010110010 101101011011100110111 11110100101101001010111111101010 1111011101010011101111110111010 |
Characters | 578 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 74 |
Words per line (avg) | 17 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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