Analysis of Do Right
Please help me to understand
What it is you are trying to say
Cause it sounded to me as if
You are planning to go away
That woman that I saw you with
Outside your office the other day
The one that is in the car waiting for you nowIs planning to take you away
From me, from us, from our family
Standing there in the door with your bags in hand
You are planning a quick escape
Taking as much of our love to her as you can
I did not even see this coming
I hadn't the slightest clue
Our babies want to know what's going on
They want to know where are you
"Where is he going Mommy?
And when is he coming back?"
And I hate you, you rotten b*st*rd
For there needing to be answer to that
An answer where I have to tell them
Daddy is never coming home
He has left us for another woman
Abandoned and all alone
Of course I will never utter these words
To their precious and innocent ears
But d*mn your selfish cheating heart
For tossing out like trash all our wonderful years
Although I know they were never perfect
After all what marriage really is
But I really had no idea
That our little squabbles would come to this
You taking off with the other woman
And giving her what's mine
My once loving husband, lover, and best friend
Only to find
That although you blame me for all our troubles
You yourself is not the greatest catch
And though you the thought the lawn would be greener
My dear, it still needs tending as it too has grass
Be with her if you want
For I tell you, you will know no peace
No matter how hard you try
Until you do right by me
And by the children you left behind
The ones you hardly see
The broken promises and broken hearts
Every day I pick up every piece
They used to ask for you everyday
But not so much these day anymore
When they are hurting or are in pain
Its me their little arms reach out for
You don't have to be with or around me
But it is the God's honest truth
You're not hurting me when you disappear
Only them and later in life you too
So why don't you get your act together
Be the man you were brought up to be
The one that God planned on when He gave you life
For you and for our children to see
When our boys become men how they should treat women
Especially when problems arise
And our daughter will not find a man like you
That tells her only half truths and lies
You can take what I am saying with a grain of salt
But I tell you the truth you will see
You and that woman will know no peace
Not until He is once again the center in your life
And you both do right by your children and me
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 111111011 11101111 11101101 11011111 111100101 0111001101111011101 1111110100 10100111101 11100101 1011110110111 111101110 1100101 10101111101 1111111 1111010 0111101 0111110111 1110111011 110111111 10110101 1111101010 0100101 1111101011 111001001 111110101 1101111101001 111101001 101110101 111011010 11010101111 1101101010 010011 11101010011 1011 11111111010 101110101 01101011110 111111011111 110111 111111111 1101111 0111111 010101101 011101 0101000101 10011111001 111111101 11111101 111101101 111101111 1111111011 11101101 111011101 1010100111 1111111010 101101111 01111111111 1101101011 1101011111110 01011001 010101110111 110101101 1111111010111 111101111 101101111 10111101010011 01111111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 2,484 |
Words | 511 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 17 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 68 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on August 29, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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