Analysis of A Fight Against Love
Jersei Depew 2003 (manistee, MI)
It started as one date
Then one turned into two
Eventually we said I love you
And a few years later we said I do
It was a love that no one else had
But soon things began to go bad
You came home from work and drank a couple beers
I guess the love starts to fade after five years
You kept losing your job
And I began to sob
You went from loving me to shoving me
Through the hall, down the stairs
Sometimes you would even drag me by my hair
You would buy me makeup to cover the bruising
So no one would know that I was constantly losing
I told myself I would leave
But then one day you were so sweet to me
I should have known that you wouldn’t change
Through these past three years how did I manage
To death do us part thats what was said
So I cried at the mini mart and sometimes in bed
You would tell me to shut up and begin hitting my head
But I know what I’m worth now
Even though you kept beating me down
I got the courage to leave, you are no longer beside me
I know who I am and I know my worth
Who knew that there could so much hate on this Earth
four years later and I have healed my scars
I am free but you are locked behind bars
And from now on I will shout with glee
Scheme | XAAAB BCCDD EXXFF XEXXG GGXXE HHIIE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111 111011 0100011111 0011101111 110111111 11101111 11111010101 11011111011 111011 010111 1111011101 101101 01111011111 11111110010 1111111110010 111111 1111101111 11111111 1111111110 111111111 1111010100101 11111110011011 1111111 101111011 110101111110011 1111101111 11111111111 1110011111 1111111011 011111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,155 |
Words | 252 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 153 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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