Analysis of Perversity
What is this thing you blatantly speak of
This cruelty you choose to call honesty
You say it is the truth, without a doubt
I think it's a need for perversity
You speak of me as if time has stood still
Pushed me into a mold of your making
Made a list of things you say I've done wrong
Then tell me I'm the one who needs waking
Having never learned to fight or play fair
You always go for the throat without thought
You lack control over the depth you go
And feel no remorse for the pain you've brought
You tell yourself it's just the way you are
As if there's not a way for you to change
You turn things around, put the blame on me
And shout it's me who should be rearranged
You cut or bite without any warning
Then twist and turn words to suite your own need
I could deal with this from an outsider
Instead of you always needing to hurt me
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC XXAX BXXA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1111110011 1101111100 1111010101 1110110100 1111111111 1101011110 1011111111 1111011110 1010111111 111101011 1101100111 0110110111 1101110111 1111011111 1110110111 011111101 1111011010 1101111111 1111111010 0111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 820 |
Words | 170 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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