Analysis of Broken
What did I do to make her hate me?
Was it our time in Texas, or in Nikiski?
Was it things I did or things I did not?
Was it the times I drank, or when it was pot?
Help me to see where I went bad
So I won't repeat it again and make you mad
It kills me that you just don't care
And keeping that from me just ain't fair
There are no rules in love and war
Forty-five years our love is torn
You walked away without a shout
You tore my heart without a doubt
Moving on is hard for a man like me
Day by day, forever is all I see
My sons have left me alone to cry
My heart beats slow, I'm soon to die
And in the end my life I've lived
All my heart I tried to give
To those I've loved and gave life to
I love you guys always, thank you.
Scheme | AXBB CCDD XXEE AAFF XXGG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (40%) Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 111111011 11101010101 1111111111 11011111111 11111111 111011010111 11111111 010111111 11110101 101110111 11010101 11110101 1011110111 1110101111 111110111 11111111 00011111 1111111 11110111 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 733 |
Words | 172 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Written on February 05, 2022
Submitted by Cmr on May 01, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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