Analysis of Bang!



Can you explain to me
Why you ended with a
BANG! BANG! BANG!

Cause I can't see
Why it had to be
Your smiling face
had to end this way

I saw you die with a
BANG BANG BANG

So I cry
Far into the night
I cry

My laughter was spent at the end of your life.
And I can't see you any more
So far below my feet
Nothing of you left

I don't understand
why all that is left of you
is a stain on my clothes.

A
BANG BANG BANG
Took you away

No smiles are left of that day
All I can do is cry
because of a
BANG BANG BANG

I can't even remember your voice
and I feel guilty for it.
Your embrace is gone
and I can't feel the warmth on my skin
I feel guilty for that too

Why
Are you gone?

Porche Berry
July 12/08


Scheme abC aaxd bC exe xxxx xfx bCd debC xxgxf eg ae
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Metre 110111 111010 111 1111 11111 1101 11111 111110 111 111 10101 11 11011101111 01111101 110111 10111 1101 1111111 101111 0 111 1101 1111111 111111 0110 111 111001011 0111011 10111 011101111 1110111 1 111 110 1
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 657
Words 155
Sentences 8
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 2, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 5, 2, 2
Lines Amount 35
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 48
Words per stanza (avg) 14
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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