Analysis of Apology
Let me be the first to apologize -
I'm sorry if the things I say
Make you feel some type of way
About the way you're livin'
But that was a given...
I never had any expectations
Of being accepted
Rejection is the calling card
Of the message that I speak...
But to me
This is what success looks like:
Going hard for the cause
Because the cause is hard
Scrappin' and fightin' for every yard
There are no easy wins here
Winning don't necessarily equate to victory
You know that right?!
And just because I'm all scarred up
Doesn't mean that I'm losing the fight...
And this might come as a surprise to you
But truth is truth
I've got 20 centuries of conventional wisdom
To back me up
I'm not still standing here
Because of dumb luck...
"Man, who gives a d*mn?!
Sit down and shut the hell up!"
What's with all the hostility?!
Why so serious?!
You labeled me as delusional
And then get so furious
Oh, I get it
I'm supposed be scared now
This must be the part where I get shook
I hate to have to tell you this...
But it wouldn't wouldn't be the first time
That I've gotten my "*ss whooped"
(And I'm not afraid of how your boys
are lookin' at me either;
So do your worst)
'Cause where I'm from
The first are last and the last are first
And I'm the last of a dying breed
Being gathered from the dirt
Every since the firstborn
Of all creation paid for the curse
I've been immersed in His namesake
So if you're reading this
You know it's already too late
I'm wide awake
And seeing straight
No matter what you may call me
My eyes have seen the glory
Of the coming of the Lord...
So, a thousand apologies
Sorry. Not sorry.
Scheme | X AABB XXCX DX XCCE DFGF XXHG EX BG DIXI X BXJXX XXK HKXX BXLJM LMD DXXD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011010 11010111 1111111 010111 111010 110110010 110010 01010101 1010111 111 1110111 101101 010111 10111001 1111011 1010100011100 1111 01011111 101111001 0111100111 1111 111001010010 1111 111101 01111 111011 1101011 11100100 11100 110110100 0111100 1111 101111 111011111 11111111 1110101011 1110111 011011111 111110 1111 1111 011100111 010110101 1010101 1001011 110101101 1101011 111101 11101011 1101 0101 11011111 1111010 1010101 10100100 10110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,554 |
Words | 313 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 17 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 2, 4, 4, 4, 2, 2, 4, 1, 5, 3, 4, 5, 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 56 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 72 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on April 13, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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