Analysis of Eternal Crutch



We all sin
I sin
You sin
Everyone is a sinner

A sin is a sin is a sin
There’s no way to win

Your actually guilty before you begin
So how do you actually get a reprieve?

To acquire the salvation
You wish to receive

The game is rigged
And not in your favor

What depravity may I offer you?
What’s your flavor?

Many choices to be had
Mix and match your wickedness
Custom made immorality for the mad

Smoke, drink, inject and snort
Can I have some more? Is the retort

Mind numbing at it’s best
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme,
No time to rest
Gotta get high
I must confess

My blanket
My shield
My sanctuary

Sobriety is quite contrary
To my goal
Of being numb, dumb, and resistant to succumb

So, don’t bother trying to save me you fool
The drugs are my tool
And reality is my school

Follow the line of the diseased mind
You may find it to be kind
If not, a monotonous grind

Welcome to the cognitive bind

Eric (and sometimes not)


Scheme AAAB AA AC XC XB XB DXD EE FGFXX XXG GXX HHH III I X
Poetic Form
Metre 111 11 11 101010 01101101 11111 11001001101 11111001001 10100010 11101 0111 010110 1010011101 0110 1010111 1011100 1010100101 110101 11111101 110111 101010 1111 1011 1101 110 11 1100 010011100 111 110110010101 11101011111 01111 010111 100110011 1111111 11001001 10101001 100011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 931
Words 197
Sentences 5
Stanzas 15
Stanza Lengths 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 5, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1, 1
Lines Amount 38
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 47
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Submitted by EASN on February 12, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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