Analysis of One More Shot



The neon lights flicker
In this city of sin
Where the broken and lonely
Find solace within

I drink to forget
All the pain and the hurt
That life has thrown at me
And left me in the dirt

The bars and the alleys
Are my sanctuary now
Where I can drown my sorrows
And forget all my how’s

The cigarettes burn
As I inhale the smoke
And ponder the meaning
Of this cruel life's joke

I've given up hope
Of finding love or success
But in this world of darkness
I've found a strange kind of bliss

So I'll keep on drinking
Until all the pain is gone
And I'll face tomorrow
With the break of dawn

For in this life of ours
Sometimes pain is all we've got
And in the end, my friend
We're all just one more shot.


Scheme XABA XCBC DXXD XEFE XXXX FGXG XHXH
Poetic Form Quatrain  (71%)
Metre 010110 011011 1010010 11001 11101 101001 111111 011001 010010 111001 1111110 001111 0011 110101 010010 111011 11011 1101101 1011110 1101111 111110 0110111 01101 10111 1011110 0111111 000111 111111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 705
Words 148
Sentences 2
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 78
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted by JoeStrickland on May 15, 2023

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Joe Strickland

I'm just a regular, blue collar, working stiff who took an interest in writing poetry many years ago but until recently I haven't had a desire to share any with anyone or pursue publication. I'm an unpublished fork lift operator by night, and a day drinker by choice. I can be followed on Twitter @JoeStricklandSC more…

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