Analysis of Sling
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
There was this woman,
You see,
Who had a hold
On me
Like a vise grip.
It was tighter
Than a sailor's knot
And deeper
Than a grave.
I was wrapped
Around her finger
And I couldn't
Break free
Even if I tried.
And believe me,
I tried.
I went to bed
Soaked in whiskey
And woke up
Drowning in regret,
But nothing
Could loosen
Her grip.
The love I thought
I had for her
Was nothing
Compared
To the hold
She had
Over me.
It was an addiction,
A sickness
That consumed me.
I would do anything
To be with her,
Even if it meant
Selling my soul
To the devil.
I was a slave
To her,
A puppet
On a string.
And she knew it.
She knew it.
I would beg
And plead
For her to let me go,
To release me
From her grasp.
But all I got in return
Were cold,
Empty stares.
She had a power
Over me
That was both
Terrifying
And irresistible.
It was like trying
To escape
A black hole,
Once you're in,
You're not coming out.
And so
I gave in.
I surrendered
To her hold
And let it
Consume me.
Because
In the end,
It didn't matter
How she felt
About me
Or how much love
I had for her.
All that mattered
Was the hold
She had,
And it was stronger
Than anything else
In this world.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110 11 1101 11 1011 1110 10101 010 101 111 01010 0110 11 10111 0011 11 1111 1010 011 10001 110 110 01 0111 1110 110 01 101 11 101 111010 010 1011 11110 1110 10111 1011 1010 1101 10 010 101 0111 111 111 01 101111 1011 101 1111001 01 101 11010 101 111 100 00100 11110 101 011 110 11101 01 110 1010 101 011 011 01 001 11010 111 011 1111 1110 1110 101 11 01110 1101 011 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 1,226 |
Words | 322 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 23, 21, 18, 19 |
Lines Amount | 81 |
Letters per line (avg) | 11 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 217 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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