Analysis of Taken for Granted
The worst thing about being alone is believing no one ever cared. When at the end of the day, when all they had to say was you this and that, not knowing where you came from.
I may have lived in high places, with cold faces, but I always loved my hood. I always went back to where I knew good. Some never understood, why I kept going back, I was trying to just be friends even though I was wack.
I might have been slow, but I always kept my glow. I know I could flow and... forget it man.
It was all about acceptance, but I was taken for granted.
The fact is, it was the resistance, my stubbornness that kept me sitting here still.
With all the new tracks, I can't keep up with that, but then the SWITCH came, and I knew it was game.
Love was lost, and it was found, then lost again to a second round.
The ground is cold, and full of mould, stale smells stinks up our nose. So lets pose on a high pedal stool, lets not go back to the evilness of high school.
From the running to chasing to going to other places. Lets face it, its not the second time. All you had to do is come and say Hi, but that's not the same now is it?
So lets face It, we did make it.
But... lets look on the menu, 'cus shits on; to be continued...
Scheme | X X XX XX X X A AX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0110110011010111011101101111111111011101111 1111011011101111111111111111100111110111101111101111 111111111111111100111 1110101011110110 01111001011001111011 1101111111111011011111 1110111110110101 0111011111111011111011011111101111 101011011011010111110101111111101111101111 11111111 111101011111010 |
Characters | 1,238 |
Words | 268 |
Sentences | 21 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 84 |
Words per line (avg) | 23 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
This is about the love I knew, wanted to have, and never forgetting where I came from.
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Written on February 17, 2022
Submitted by BeYoutifullyRooted on February 02, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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