Analysis of RUNDOWN BATTERY BLUES
I've got those rundown battery
Those rundown battery blues,
I know your love for me
Has surely rundown too.
You have to do your own thing
And I'm always left alone,
I look for you, babe
But you're never here,
You're off having fun
Somewhere on your own.
If I'm on the beach
Then you're in the park,
You're always out of reach
And I'm in the dark.
You loved me once
And I love you still,
But your cheating heart
Was honed to kill.
You're on the sand
When I'm out to sea,
You're out of hand
So very cold to me.
You're on the run
I'm standing still,
I can't match your pace
And I never will.
THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | AXAX XBXXCB DEDEXFXF GAGACFXF XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111100 111001 111111 11011 1111111 011101 11111 11101 11101 1111 11101 11001 11111 01001 1111 01111 11101 1111 1101 11111 1111 110111 1101 1101 11111 01101 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 633 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 8, 8, 3 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
About this poem
Inspired by a late 1960s or early 1970s Eveready Battery Ad.
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Written on 1976
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on September 02, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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