Analysis of The habit I can't quit
I'm going on a trip
I'm skipping town
You're a habit I've got to quit
I'm better off when you're not around
My heart can't take it anymore
The way I feel when you're in my arms
Makes me think I was better off before
You came along and did me any harm
All these fears I've kept locked inside
Hidden away too afraid to let the world see
But the truth comes out every time I cry
These tears refuse to hide my insecurity
I get scared every time I think about dying alone
This world can be so cruel and cold
Making it so hard to be on your own
Without knowing love, without knowing a lovers hold
Perhaps I've been lonely too long
Maybe I'm just afraid to remember how
It could be that happiness and love just feels wrong
Or maybe I'm just too old and broken now
So I'm just gonna take a trip
Try to forget the taste of your lips
Maybe I'll be better when you're not around
Maybe then I'll forget how sweet your voice sounds
After all the miles, after all the years, maybe I'll finally be able to admit
That no matter the distance, no matter the time, loving you is the one habit I could never quit....
Scheme | AXBC DXDXXEXE FGFGHIHI AXCXBB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101 1101 10101111 110111101 1111101 011111011 1111110101 1101011101 11111101 100110111011 10111100111 11011110100 111100111011001 111111001 1011111111 0110101100101 01111011 10110110101 111110001111 11011110101 11110101 110101111 10111011101 10110111111 1010110101101100110101 1110010110011011011011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,099 |
Words | 221 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 8, 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 213 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
About this poem
This one is fairly personal to me. Wrote it to be a song, but not sure it is, in the traditional sense.
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Written on March 17, 2023
Submitted by Daleisnmyhardt3 on March 17, 2023
Modified on March 20, 2023
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