Analysis of i don’t question God’s existence
i only prayed in earnest once
as a freshman, when Nick taught me how
But Deanna didn’t come back
And in a would-be memory’s place, my father’s angry screams echo
i was never a good student
i was never into therapy
i was unheeded, crying out for help
that i would have rejected
i was preoccupied, anyway
i don’t question God’s existence
i never had the time
So i packed my shit and left
Three thousand miles away, where no one knows my name
And I’d complain to Koda about how nobody knows my name,
The one i would never tell
But i forgot it as well
i met Victoria at our lunch afternoon
We met up maybe twice after school
She was the last in-person friend i had,
now she’s 40 minutes away.
College… is a bitch.
i don’t question God’s existence
Not anymore
i relegated my social life to a box online
where almost everyone knows my name
i know about all their interests, and i think they pay attention to mine
God, it’s too easy to feel alone
i fell in love, and so did she
But not for me
Thought love was like a video game, but life’s a crying shame
This box was nearly the death of me, i nearly died online
Twice
You live to love, or love to die
i’d die to love, but died to live
i love to live, i live to die
but i won’t live to try again
When alma asked how i was,
and i knew he was the problem,
and Koda was always having it worse,
i resigned.
Am i still alive?
Now i question my existence
If anyone knows that i am real
Tonight, i’ll pray for something new
But not somebody else.
Scheme | axxx xbxxc Ax xddee xxxcx Ax fdfx bbdfx ghgx xxxxh axxx |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11010101 101011111 110111 000111111010110 11100110 111001100 1101010111 1111010 1101010 11101010 110101 1111101 110101111111 0101110111111 0111101 1101111 110100110101 111101101 1101010111 111001 10101 11101010 101 110011011011 1110111 110111100111101011 111101101 11010111 1111 111101001110101 11110011111011 1 11111111 11111111 11111111 11111101 1101111 01111010 01111011 101 11101 11101010 11011111 01111101 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,529 |
Words | 319 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 2, 5, 5, 2, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 45 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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