Analysis of Nobody’s Son



I’m nobody’s son.
Nobody’s lover.
Nobody’s fun.

I feast upon the sadness,
lick the spoon clean of grease
and feel it smear across my cheeks.

I’m nobody’s son.
Nobody’s partner.
Nobody’s fun.

It’s as if my body is a picture frame.
It hangs on the wall for gleeful ambience
and reflects a repulsive embrace.

I’m nobody’s son.
Nobody’s fucker.
Nobody’s fun.

My hands are strung up on puppet strings,
I’m pulled every which way - ripped to shreds -
double shred. And fuck my dreams thereafter.

I’m nobody’s son.
Nobody’s lover.
Nobody’s fun.


Scheme ABA xxx AbA xxx AbA xxb ABA
Poetic Form
Metre 111 110 11 1101010 101111 01110111 111 110 11 11111010101 11101110100 001001001 111 110 11 111111101 1110011111 1010111010 111 110 11
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 593
Words 118
Sentences 18
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 58
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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Written on June 12, 2023

Submitted by joec.81222 on June 16, 2023

Modified by joec.81222 on June 16, 2023

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