Analysis of Divorce and Suicide
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
It hurts so much, there’s so much pain
That I think I might go insane
Why must it always be this way?
Until we get to judgment day
I know I’ll die, I hope its soon
Because I’m such a big buffoon
A clown without the make-up on
And everything I do is wrong
Why do I deserve to live?
I can’t teach my wife to forgive
| Scheme | AABB CCXX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 11111111 11111101 1111111 01111101 11111111 01110101 01010111 0101111 1110111 11111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 323 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Written on February 05, 2022
Submitted by dawg4jesus on March 26, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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