Analysis of Make You Believe



Well I can't go to sleep because you're on my mind
I've had one beer, but I still can't unwind

Anxious and happy, and what do you know?
She's gonna cut to the chase
She's gonna tear off her clothes
When she looks at me with those devious eyes
I know something's gonna happen
I'll be sleepless tonight
I'll hold you close enough to make it feel like a dream
I'll lick your wounds like a dog
I'm gonna make you believe
That you're my religion, my reality

Playful and chatty, you don't even know
She flirts like the devil
She's ready to go
When she tilts her head with her beautiful smile
I know I gotta do something
I'm gonna be here a while
I'll hold you close enough to make it feel like a dream
I'll lick your wounds like a dog
I'm gonna make you believe
That you're my religion, my reality

Well I've got a free hand and so do you
What do you suppose that we should do?
As we walk side by side
I'll tell you what
I wanna reach over
No, I wanna lean forward
I wanna kiss and collide

Well I can't go to sleep because you're on my mind
I've had one beer, but I still can't unwind
I'll hold you close enough to make it feel like a dream
I'll lick your wounds like a dog
I'm gonna make you believe
That you're my religion, my reality


Scheme AA bxxxxxCDEF bxbgxgCDEF hhixxxi AACDEF
Poetic Form
Metre 111111011111 1111111101 1001001111 1101101 1101101 11111111001 11101010 111001 1111011111101 1111101 1101101 111010110 1001011101 111010 11011 11101101001 11110110 1101101 1111011111101 1111101 1101101 111010110 1110110111 111011111 111111 1111 110110 1110110 1101001 111111011111 1111111101 1111011111101 1111101 1101101 111010110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,195
Words 247
Sentences 3
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 10, 10, 7, 6
Lines Amount 35
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 189
Words per stanza (avg) 49
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Submitted on August 14, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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