Analysis of King
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
The barstool is my throne
The bottle my scepter
I sit and drink and ponder
Life’s many injustices
The job I hate
The bills I can’t pay
The women who won’t stay
All haunt my mind
But in the dim light of this bar
I am king
Pour me another drink
Let me forget it all
The bartender knows me by name
I tip him well
He pours me another
And I drink to forget
Outside, the world buzzes on
But in here, it’s just me and my drink
The bitter taste fills my mouth
And I savor it
This is my escape
This is my life
I am King
And this bar is my palace.
| Scheme | xaax xbbx aCdx xxax xdxx xxCx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01111 01011 1101010 1100100 0111 01111 010111 1111 10011111 111 110101 110111 0101111 1111 111010 011101 1101101 101111011 0101111 01101 11101 1111 111 0111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 555 |
| Words | 123 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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