Analysis of black and white
I was sitting in a local bar
When this old man sat down beside me
He said I can't help but notice son
That you don't look to happy
I told that old man to leave me alone
I wasn't looking for a fight
He said life is shades of gray son
It's not all black and white
At that point I asked that old man
What the hell you talkin about
He sat back in his chair
Took a swig of his beer And said
Love isn't black or white
It's all shades of gray
You can love and hate someone
Love is just that way
You can be a good man
All the days of your life
But take one step out of line
And it becomes a bouble edged knife
I bought that old man a drink
And we went our separate ways
But I'll remember what that old man said
All the rest of my days
Scheme | ABCBDECEFGHIEJCJFKLKMNIN |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111000101 111111011 111111101 1111110 1111111101 11010101 11111111 111101 11111111 10111001 111011 10111101 110111 11111 111011 11111 111011 101111 1111111 01010111 1111101 01110101 1101011111 101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 706 |
Words | 160 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 560 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 160 |
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Submitted on May 04, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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