Analysis of The Cost of Living
They tell me I’ll get paid
When it’s all been said and done
They tell me I’ll get paid
When all my blood, sweat and tears have run
There’s just one thing, I think you should know
I’m all messed up, with nowhere to go.
They tell me I’ll have fun
When the time is right
They tell me I’ll have fun
When I set my sight
There is no place for me to go
So I walk on down this twisted path, hiding what I know.
They tell me life is a place to learn
From all your ups and downs
They tell me, life is a place to learn about your smiles and your frowns.
There’s just one thing I’ld like to know
When is this life going to grow.
I live my life striving for the future
Escaping the past
My dreams I nurture
There’s just one thing I’ld like to know
When will all the pain go.
Scheme | AbAbcc BdBdcc xeeCc fxfCc |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 1111101 111111 111110111 111111111 11111111 111111 10111 111111 11111 11111111 11111110110111 111110111 111101 1111101110111011 11111111 11111011 1111101010 01001 11110 11111111 111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 791 |
Words | 168 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 145 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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