Analysis of Backstabber
Are you happy spreading misery,
distrust what you embrace
More joyful when the skies are dark,
than bright on sunny days
Is truth a tool you wield and fling,
a weapon in your hand
Love what looms and threatens most,
to never understand
Are feelings there for you to trash,
with others left to cry
A promise made but left unkept,
much worse than any lie
When all is said, and all is done,
and everyone looks back
Will you be known for what you were
—that knife in someone's back
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2020)
| Scheme | XX XX XA XA XB AB XC XC X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111010100 011101 11010111 111101 11011101 010011 1110101 11001 11011111 110111 0101111 111101 11110111 01011 11111110 11011 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 502 |
| Words | 95 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on April 01, 2020
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on April 01, 2020
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