Analysis of anything but
Hyper focused on
anything but
Without notice— gone
Back in your rut
You have so much to love
As such, so much to lose
When push comes to shove
It’s never love you choose
Conjure up your newest plan
Desperate— never justified
As you run to any man
For a fix— you’re never satisfied
You brought a life into this life
Now show her that hers matters
Before her life’s consumed by strife
Unfazed as her heart shatters
Hyper focusing
on anything but
Today’s psychosis brings
You already forgot
You have so much to love
As such, so much to lose
When push comes to shove
It’s never love you choose
Quick to be selfishly projecting all your troubles
Subjecting her to such unnecessary struggles
You threaten to take your own life knowing she’d always suffer
It’s hard enough just to survive— how could you make it tougher?
Conjure up your newest plan
You demand— expect to be supplied
As you run to any man
For a fix— you won’t be satisfied
A child should be without worries, not consumed by anguish
And not be forced to comfort you— without means to vanquish
It’s clear to see you’re sincerely devoid of any conscience
Your rationale is lacking all as you spew only nonsense
You brought a life into this life
Now show her that hers matters
Before her life’s plagued by your spite
The “gift” that always batters
Hyper focused on
anything but
Without notice— gone
Your eyes are shut
You have so much to love
As such, so much to lose
But when push comes to shove
What is best, you still refuse
You brought her life into your life
Now show her that she matters
You’ve failed her once 1000 times
Your words, just empty chatter
Hyper focused on
Hyper focused on anything
Hyper focused on anything but
You have so much to love
Should be easy to choose
But when push comes to shove
You think of an excuse
A life so easy to love
But you care only to use
While she’s deserving love
You continue to abuse
You’re incapable of love
And guilty just as accused
Scheme | ABCb DEDE FgFg HIhi jbxx DEDE kkll FgFg mmxx HIxi ABCb DEDe hixl Ajb DeDn dndn dx |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (26%) |
Metre | 10101 101 01101 1011 111111 111111 11111 110111 1011101 101010 1111101 10111010 11010111 1101010 01010111 0110110 10100 1101 010101 101001 111111 111111 11111 110111 11110101110 010011010010 11011111101110 110111011111110 1011101 101011101 1111101 10111110 01110110101110 01111101011110 111110100111010 10111011111010 11010111 1101010 01011111 011110 10101 101 01101 1111 111111 111111 111111 1111101 11010111 1101110 11011 1111010 10101 1010110 10101101 111111 111011 111111 111101 0111011 1111011 110101 1010101 1010011 0101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 2,026 |
Words | 400 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 17 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 65 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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