Jack Skellington
Jack is a skeleton, tall and thin
He bathes in the deceitful light of sin
He wallows in the hallow darkness
And tells you what you want to hear
He tells you things to gain your trust
And comes off as quite more than lust
Then uses his ghostlike charms
To take your heart away
So heed the warning you've been told
His soul is black, his heart cold
Jack lied to me and he'll trick you too
Yes, that's exactly what he'll do
The Pumpkin King knows his schemes
He's simply not what he seems
So when you feel like taking sides
Remember I've gone through it all
And cried.
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Submitted on April 30, 2010
Modified on March 17, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAXX BBXX CCDD EEXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 549 |
Words | 111 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 5 |
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