Analysis of Gypsy
Michael McDowell 1976 (United States)
I’m wide awake,
For the first time in years,
The walls are back up,
Guess you can say the cause is fear,
How foolish was I,
To believe in forever,
I was only your love,
During stormy weather,
It felt so real,
I felt so alive,
But deep down inside
For I knew it was a lie,
Sleepless night,
How they make me remember,
The broken promises of forever,
Eyes blue as the ocean,
A kiss that stopped my heart,
You were my gypsy,
I was your clown,
How foolish was I,
To believe in forever,
You belonged to another,
I was only your love,
During stormy weather,
I wonder if you remember me,
I wonder if you even care,
I wonder if you happy,
Goddamn it,
Why do I still care,
Scheme | xx xx AB CB xxxa xbb xxdx AB bCB dedxe |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 101101 01111 11110111 11011 1010010 111011 101010 1111 11101 11101 1111101 101 1111010 0101001010 111010 011111 10110 1111 11011 1010010 1011010 111011 101010 110110101 11011101 1101110 11 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 702 |
Words | 170 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 3, 4, 2, 3, 5 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 50 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Written on January 20, 2022
Submitted by mcmcdowell44 on April 10, 2022
Modified by mcmcdowell44 on April 10, 2022
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