Analysis of You Can’t Hurt Me
You Can’t Hurt Me 1988 (Providence, RI)
WHEN YOU WOULD YELL, I'D JUST STAY SILENT, CAUSE IF I SPOKE, THEN YOU'D GET VIOLENT.
WHEN YOU'D COME CLOSE, I STAYED ALERT, YOUR HITS WERE HARD, YOUR WORDS WHAT HURT.
EACH DAY GOT WORSE, I BELIEVED EACH LIE, YOU'D PUT ME DOWN AND YOU’D MAKE ME CRY.
TO EVERYONE ELSE, YOU'D PUT ON A SHOW, BUT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, THEY'D NEVER KNOW.
I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME, SO I’D ALWAYS STAY,
MY HEART SO TRUSTING, WOULD HAVE TO PAY, I WISH I LEARNED SOONER, I WISHED I KNEW, MY LIFE IS BETTER, WHEN I’M NOT WITH YOU!
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Metre | 1111111101111111100 1111110111011111 111110111111101111 110111101101111101 111111111 11110111111111011111111011111 |
Characters | 506 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 6 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 62 |
Words per line (avg) | 16 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 371 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 98 |
About this poem
This poem is about being in a domestic relationship and surviving through it.
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Written on October 31, 2023
Submitted by Theonlyalyssa51788 on November 02, 2023
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