Analysis of I don't call it Pain
James Groseclose 1983 (United States)
I have to miss you
I have to cry when I'm alone
I have to hurt this way
I have to be here with you gone
Written on stone
I only get to see your name
Reliving memories
Over and over I hit replay
But I don't call it pain
It's not what you taught us
Even though it feels like it hurts
Everyday so damn much
I don't call it pain
It's not what you taught us
Even though it feels like it hurts
You said its called love
We have to miss you
We have to cry when we're alone
We have to hurt this way
We have to be here with you gone
Written on stone
We hear your name
And just like our tears
We fall the same
But I don't call it pain
It's not what you taught us
Even though it feels like it hurts
Everyday so damn much
I don't call it pain
It's not what you taught us
Even though it hurts like hell
You said it's called love
I have to miss you
I have to cry when I'm alone
Yes it hurts sitting here
Why do you have to be gone
I don't call it pain
Missing someone is called love
Why does love hurt
The pain is so much
I don't call it pain
It's not what you taught us
Even though it hurts like hell
Missing you is called love
I don't call it pain
Even though it hurts
Scheme | ABcd Bexc FGHIFGHj abcd Bexe FGHIFGKj ABxd Fjxi FGKj Fh |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 11111101 111111 11111111 1011 11011111 010100 100101101 111111 111111 10111111 101111 11111 111111 10111111 11111 11111 11111101 111111 11111111 1011 1111 011101 1101 111111 111111 10111111 101111 11111 111111 1011111 11111 11111 11111101 111101 1111111 11111 101111 1111 01111 11111 111111 1011111 101111 11111 10111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,164 |
Words | 260 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 8, 4, 4, 8, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 46 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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