Analysis of It Makes Me Crazy 1



When you mindlessly quote scripture as "the reason"
It makes me crazy.
When you are abused and endure without complaint
It makes me crazy.
When you demonstrate impudence and insolence
It makes me crazy.
When you kill others with your suicide bombing
It makes me crazy.
When you hurt a child or defenseless animal
It makes me crazy.
When you belittle honest attempts of others
It makes me crazy.
When you curse your luck ignoring self-improvement
It makes me crazy.
When you will not work but choose to live on welfare
It makes me crazy.
When you sneeze right out with no attempt to cover
It makes me crazy.
When you report news of savage and cruel events
It makes me crazy.


Scheme aBcBdBeBfBgBhBiBjBkB
Poetic Form Tetractys  (25%)
Metre 111001101010 11110 111010010101 11110 111010100 11110 11110111010 11110 111011010100 11110 110101001110 11110 111110101010 11110 11111111111 11110 111111101110 11110 1101111001001 11110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 654
Words 122
Sentences 10
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 539
Words per stanza (avg) 122
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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