Analysis of Stuck Pig
I wallow in self-deprecation
I wait my turn at the slop-trough
for divination
I've got my ways and they're sticking to me
The tears I force come with passion
and facility
My mortification is a miracle drug
We all live with an answer
that someone else found
They told me to stand when I die
to grab hold of the master's crown
I'm reminded of the boy who,
having hung up with his girlfriend,
put a bullet through his head
I look like a piggy, a doggy,
a horse and housefly
Some songs only come alive in the night
Every revolution is fated to become normality
Scheme | ABACACDEFGAHIJCKLC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110011 11111011 1010 1111011011 01111110 00100 11101001 1111110 1111 11111111 11110101 10101011 1011111 1010111 111010010 0101 1110101001 100010110101100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 539 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 441 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 106 |
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Submitted on October 15, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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