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 |
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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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