Analysis of Crack and lonely
They left enough of the drug there in the bag for me
I almost fell headfirst
The blinking brain gave me incentives
Those salty pieces that I would have to burn
Suddenly I became a vibrating pidgeon
Nothing in the brain but the search for a place to rest
I guess you thought it important
Angels on sticks
As I curved down from the old rock wall
In pieces the carnaval melody didn´t move me.
Your narcotics are stronger
And i´ve seen boys snought glue
And i´ve seen boys huff petrol
Girls take lines!
But you put me on speed dial with crack
The pidgeon invited paranoia and other unwelcome guests
I tried to escape and got myself even closer toward the center of hell
Thank god it was but two snorts.
| Scheme | AX XXXX XXXA XXXXX XXX |
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101101100111 11111 010111010 11010111111 100101010010 1000110110111 11111010 1011 111110111 010011001111 1010110 0111111 01111110 111 1111111011 0100100100100101 1110101110100101011 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 699 |
| Words | 135 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 5, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on April 15, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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