Analysis of not like you
It’s early morning when you peek
Into the living room
Expecting that you’ll find me there
It’s to the point that I don’t speak
To stall impending doom
Neglecting what’s in disrepair
If only I was just like you
I love you
Truly love you
It’s obvious you just don’t care
When you tell me
That you hate me
You’re much too kind to me I swear
I love you
Always loved you
But I’m too tired now to care
So go on
You can hate me
This isn’t going anywhere
Can’t believe you have the nerve
To always question why
Here’s the answer you deserve—
On second thought, I think I’ll lie
I’ll say,
“I want to be just like you
So now I lie.
If you catch me, much like you,
I’ll just deny.
I’ll be breaking every rule—
I’ll tell you why.
I know now not to trust in you.
I won’t confide.
I’ll feel fine when you’re the fool
Who I defied—
When I have lied.”
If only I was just like you
If I didn’t give a damn like you
I love you
Always loved you
You’re too into you to care
When you tell me
That you hate me
I’ll suggest that you prepare
As I love you
But can’t stand you
And I’m still tired— I don’t care
That you hate me
I should hate you
Perhaps you can go— anywhere
Can’t believe you had the nerve
You didn’t even try
Gave you more than you deserve—
You made me want to die
So I said,
“I wanted to be just like you.
Why couldn’t I?
I’ll never be just like you.
I couldn’t lie.
I’ll settle for something new.
This is goodbye…
I said, ‘goodbye.’”
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 010101 01011111 11011111 110101 0100001 11011111 111 1011 11001111 1111 1111 11111111 111 111 11110111 111 1111 111010 1011101 11101 1010101 11011111 11 1111111 1111 1111111 1101 11101001 1111 11111101 1101 1111101 1101 1111 11011111 11110111 111 111 1101111 1111 1111 1011101 1111 1111 01110111 1111 1111 0111110 1011101 11101 1111101 111111 111 11011111 111 1101111 111 1101101 111 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,545 |
Words | 336 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 1, 6, 6, 4, 12, 2, 6, 6, 4, 8 |
Lines Amount | 61 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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