Analysis of I really don'T know



You begged me to stay, but I had to go
had to find out about life on my own
It's been so long a time
Can't get you off my mind
Still, I haven't come home .
What's my excuse?
I really don't know.
I've seen many things out here on the road
Like booze and pills and letting life go
taking it one day at a time
Oh, I'm doing fine
Trying to hold on to my sanity
I'm finding the real me
You trade your body and sell your soul
for the pleasures in life you must know
You're only a little fun
for anyone
I'm ok. I learn fast.
The youth I had didn't last
Ask myself, why not turn around?
Stop seeking a treasure not to be found
Why can't I go home?
I really don't know.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1111111111 1111011111 111101 111111 111011 1101 11011 1110111101 110101011 10111101 11101 1011111100 110011 111100111 101001111 1100101 110 111111 0111101 1111101 1100101111 11111 11011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 653
Words 140
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 23
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 495
Words per stanza (avg) 141
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Submitted on February 23, 2016

Modified on March 14, 2023

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