Analysis of As If A Switch Flipped



As if a switch flipped.
To take for granted.
Will turn on and off lights.
Whenever one wishes to do this.
Without giving a thought to it.
However...
When the fuse blows,
Leaving the lights...
And everything connected,
To that dependable fuse goes out.
So do the feelings,
Of those stop to rejuvenate or replace...
What has been wasted to take for granted.
With this to know to let go,
Of being flipped back and forth.
As if easy to do to be used without thought,
From where the fuse is connected.
Expected to be turned off and on.
To neglect and disrespect the power it has.

'Why is it that you act so cold?'

'It's not an act.
I just got tired of having it believed,
I am reliable to remain on and available.
Even when I am turned off,
By the doing of it!'

'What do you mean?'

'I don't expect you to understand.'


Scheme XABXCXXBAXXXAXXXAXX X XXXXC X X
Poetic Form
Metre 11011 11110 111011 010110111 01100111 10 1011 1001 010010 110100111 11010 111101011 1111011110 1111111 1101101 111011111011 11011010 010111101 10100101011 11111111 1111 11110110101 110100101100100 1011111 101011 1111 11011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 816
Words 187
Sentences 21
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 19, 1, 5, 1, 1
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 123
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Written on October 08, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on October 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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