Analysis of Addictions



Addictions are a dangerous thing,
They consume all your time.
You can't think of anything else,
There is no reason or rhyme.

Whether it's a real good singer,
Or a yummy piece of food.
You just can't get enough of it,
No matter what your mood.

You gotta have it; you need more,
No one understands,
They sit there, passing judgments,
And making harsh demands.

"Why can't you just let it go?"
They say with so much strife.
"Find something else to do,
And for God's sake, get a life."

But you just don't care what they think.
If you really love it, then you must
Put your entire heart into it
And ignore their disgust.


Scheme XAXA XBCB XDXD XEXE XFCF
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 010101001 101111 1111101 1111011 10101110 1010111 11110111 110111 11011111 1101 1111010 010101 1111111 111111 110111 0111101 11111111 111011111 110101011 001101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 595
Words 118
Sentences 10
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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