Analysis of not fair



it’s not fair

it’s not fair that you’re happy

and I’m left here broken,

it’s not fair that you don’t

see my face in every crowded room,

it’s not fair that you are

waking up in his bed  

and I can barely fall asleep most nights,

it’s just not fair


Scheme A X X B X X B X A
Poetic Form
Metre 111 1111110 011110 111111 1110100101 111111 101011 0111010111 1111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 276
Words 66
Sentences 1
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 20
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Written on October 18, 2021

Submitted by jaxonhurst on December 05, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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