Analysis of Past Strife...



Ive been on the ground searching for that lost hit,
looking out the peep hole being told to quit.

Ive seen a mom lose her child,
the drug made her that wild.

Ive played the manipulation to get a bigger rock,
then I'd hide it in my sock.

Ive been broke, beaten down & confused,
they said that boy should be dead with all that he's abused.

I did die,
I will not lie.

Flesh buried,
this cross Ive carried.

Eternal life,
buried is the past strife...


Scheme AA BB CC DD EE FF GG
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 11101101111 10101110111 1101101 011011 1100010110101 1111011 11110101 1111111111101 111 1111 110 11110 0101 101011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 432
Words 87
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 48
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Submitted on April 14, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Donald Vess

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