Analysis of Prancing on the Page
I hate the stage
my voice just won't match
I have these words
but the voice just can't catch
the fire's hid behind
sing it for me
sing it for me
I got a new ax
and all these new tunes
cassette tape, no wax
and I brought balloons
been thinking 'bout adding bassoons
sing it for me
sing it for me
for my birthday
I want recording space
maybe a gift card
album cover? my face
I'm no artist but I'm willing to starve
if you sing it for me
sing it for me
my wife looks at me funny
and so does my dog
I'd take a lesson
but the learning seems hard
just to bring out the fire
sing it for me
sing it for me
it wouldn't matter
except the records would sell
I've written this down
poetry can go to hell
I don't care, I'll dress like a clown
just sing it for me
sing it for me
they say if I was really a rock star
I'd not have a desk job
lunch comes from a jam jar
make it myself, learned from ma'
If I could sing, oh, I'd be a star!
sing it for me
sing it for me
Scheme | xabaxCC dedebCC xfgfxcC cxxghCC hijijcC kxkxkCC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 11111 1111 101111 010101 1111 1111 11011 01111 01111 01101 1101101 1111 1111 111 110101 10011 101011 1110111011 111111 1111 1111110 01111 11010 101011 1111010 1111 1111 11010 0100111 11011 1001111 11111101 11111 1111 1111110011 111011 111011 111111 111111101 1111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 916 |
Words | 207 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 42 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on August 19, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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