Analysis of ADDICTIONS PROMISE



  I have a promise,
I will make to you.
   I promise I will make you do things,
You don't want to do.

The more you
 consume me,
   The greater
 your losses will be.

I promise to take,
Your home, your money.
   I will take all that is,
Warm and sunny.

I will mar your character,
 your reputation too.
   Your good name,
I will take that from you.

I will take your car,
 I will take your wealth,
   I will take your job,
I will destroy your health.

I will take your watch,
I will take your chain.
   I will take your sun,
I will leave you in the rain.

I will take your credit,
I will send you to jail.
   I will take it all,
You can't post bail.

I will bring regret, remorse,
And more pain.
   I will cause you to hang
Your head in shame.

I will bring you misery,
I will bring you woe.
   I will bring trouble,
More than you know.

I will take your clothes,
I will strip them from you.
   The necessities of life,
I will take them too.

I will take the days,
I will take the years.
   I will leave you desolate,
I will triple your tears.

I will own your heart,
I will turn it to stone.
   I will make you walk thru
This world alone.

I will take your desire,
To live alright.
   I will take your sunshine,
I will darken the light.

The road to despair,
I will pave.
   I will send you to a
Premature grave.

I will take your family,
I will take your friends.
   I will trouble your mind,
To the very end.

I will bring heartache,
I will bring strife.
   I will finish you off,
By taking your life.


Scheme XAXA ABCB DBXB CAEA XFXF XGXG HIXI XGXE BJXJ XAKA XXHX XLAL CMXM XNXN BXXX DKXK
Poetic Form Quatrain  (81%)
Metre 11010 11111 110111111 11111 011 011 010 11011 11011 11110 111111 1010 1111100 10101 111 111111 11111 11111 11111 110111 11111 11111 11111 1111001 111110 111111 11111 1111 1110101 011 111111 1101 1111100 11111 11110 1111 11111 111111 0010011 11111 11101 11101 1111100 111011 11111 111111 111111 1101 1111010 111 11111 111001 01101 111 111110 011 1111100 11111 111011 10101 1111 1111 111011 11011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,569
Words 372
Sentences 31
Stanzas 16
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 64
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 67
Words per stanza (avg) 18

About this poem

This is about addiction and the life style.

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Written on January 30, 2022

Submitted by Turbo1904 on January 30, 2022

Modified on April 06, 2023

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