Analysis of Chasing Rabbits



She was in the habit of chasing rabbits
But she always made the same mistake of letting go when she grabbed it
And her behavior was only getting stranger
And that had worried her next door neighbors

She was in the attic of an abandoned basement
Up until four in the morning with astonished amazement
Staring at the paintings and the mixed up puzzles
Fixated on addictions she couldn't get enough of

She was a free spirit and her emotions, she would wear it
Drama from your mamas, she didn't want to hear it
Swimming in the ocean with sun tan lotion
In the heat of winter, when nobody ever notice

She was a maniacal insomniac
Whose favorite videogame was zombie attack
She'd go blasting all those monsters and flying saucers
Until she was at the counter asking for more quarters

She was just teaching in a classroom full of children
When she noticed the green eyed raven hanging from the ceiling
The kids with the crayons and the pencils drew a self-portrait
A portal opened up and the next thing she knew, she's was in Mexico, in hell's orbit

She was just dreaming of a dream she had yesterday
When the mailman delivered and the letter came
From the charming salesman wrapped up in mystery
And I think you know the rest, the rest is history


Scheme XAXB CCXX AADX EEBB DXFF XXGG
Poetic Form
Metre 11001011010 1111010111011111 000101101010 0111001110 1100101101010 101100101010010 101010001110 1010101101011 110110000101111 1011101101111 10001011110 001110111010 1100100010 110010011001 1110111001010 01111010101110 111100011110 111001110101010 01101001010110 010101001111110100110 111101011110 10101000101 101010110100 0111101011100
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,217
Words 227
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 42
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 167
Words per stanza (avg) 38
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Submitted on December 02, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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