Analysis of You Should Know Me Better Than That
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
Don't leave me guessing
Like a rat.
I can't decipher
Every carillon.
You should know
Me better than that.
I don't have the patience
For your chatter.
I'd rather spend it
On my wine.
You should know
Me better than that.
Your thoughts
are a labyrinth,
a hearthrug
I'm not your shrink,
I won't adjust.
Don't make me
Read your mind,
In fact
It's not my job.
it's not my pact.
You should know me
better than that.
| Scheme | abcdEBfcghEBijaklmnopomb |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110 101 11010 10010 111 11011 111010 1110 11011 111 111 11011 11 1010 01 1111 1101 111 111 01 1111 1111 1111 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 422 |
| Words | 101 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 24 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 309 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 78 |
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