Analysis of Being a good Friend
To watch your friend cry
Puts a knife in your heart
To see them so down
Pulls you into the mud
You watch their tears roll down there face
You watch helplessly
Handing them a tissue
Asking if they're okay
Even if you know
The answers always no I never will be
You think of ways to help
But they just keep crying
Banging their head
Saying I can't take it any longer
Wishing they were dead
You watch hopelessly
Wishing you could do something
You watch them fall to the ground
Leaning against the wall
More tears fall down
You hand them another tissue
You try and comfort them
But nothing is working
The problem is too big
Too big for just you and your friend
There's nothing you can do
But stay with them
You watch them
Trying to make them never give up
They eventually stand
With their eyes all red and soaked with tears
You get them some help
You get them someone better to talk to
And you wait patiently hoping they'll come out with a smile
But you never know untill it's actually over.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIFJKLMLFKNOCGPKQRGPPSTUJGVM |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (26%) |
Metre | 11111 101011 11111 110101 11111111 11100 10101 10111 10111 0101111011 111111 111110 1011 1011111010 10101 11100 1011110 1111101 100101 1111 1110101 110101 110110 010111 11111011 110111 1111 111 101111011 1010001 111110111 11111 111110111 01110010111101 111011110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 965 |
Words | 192 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 35 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 791 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 190 |
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Submitted on March 26, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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