Analysis of Abuse
Shari Sullivan 1967 (Arizona)
I made a fool out of me
Eyes starry but littered with debris
You let me do it
Unlikely culprit
I admit
Where is my protection
Withdrew
Didn't know I needed protection
From you
From you
There is no excuse for your abuse
My mind can't comprehend
The lightening switch
From enemy to friend
So it detaches
And separates
Your alternating love and hate
Leads to the facade
That there is no God
No God
There is no excuse for your abuse
Why deny why deny why deny why lie
| Scheme | aabbbcdcDD E fxfxxxggg E x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101111 110110101 11111 01010 101 111010 01 101110010 11 11 111011101 11101 01001 110011 11010 010 1100101 11001 11111 11 111011101 10110110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 442 |
| Words | 90 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10, 1, 9, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted by lightandloveforall on May 04, 2021
Modified by lightandloveforall_1 on May 06, 2021
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