Analysis of I Know
John Christian Rockmeyer 1968 (Texas)
Coming home for Christmas
And I know I should be glad
'Cause I miss your heart, your face, your breath,
Your every word
But I wake up worrying
About the things we said
And we're having conversations
about conversations.... about conversations
Man... And I get lost
I can't find my way
We want to work IT out, keep IT together
But what is IT
'Cause it ain't you and it ain't me
And I know you know I know
That I want to reach out and hold your hand
And see the doubt suddenly
Disappear from your face
And I know you know I know
You understand
But I know you know I know
Instead tonight we say goodbye
And I just want to thank you
For loving me
As we send this kiss away
To a summer land of memories
But just one more thing
Before you turn and walk away
Take another step further
From this mess that we called love
I have never been loved like this before
Probably won't again
What a shitty way to end
But sticks and stones
And everything else that was thrown
We took it all and built a wall
And on the other side
The place we used to run and hide
It was you and me, and me and you
You and Me against it all
And I know you know I know
That I want to reach out and hold your hand
And
see the doubt suddenly
Disappear from your eyes
And I know you know I know
You understand
But I know you know I know
Instead tonight we say goodbye
And I just want to thank you
For loving me
As we send this kiss away
To a summer land of memories
I know
You know
I know
Don't want to say goodbye
I know
Scheme | xxxxax bbxcdxe FGexFG FHIECJ acdxxxx xxkllik FGxexFG FHIECJ FfFhF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101110 0111111 111111111 11001 1111100 010111 0110010 0101001010 10111 11111 11111111010 1111 11110111 0111111 1111110111 0101100 01111 0111111 101 1111111 0101111 0111111 1101 1111101 101011100 11111 01110101 1010110 1111111 1110111101 100101 101111 1101 0101111 11110101 010101 01111101 111010101 1010111 0111111 1111110111 0 101100 01111 0111111 101 1111111 0101111 0111111 1101 1111101 101011100 11 11 11 11111 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,492 |
Words | 319 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 7, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 6, 5 |
Lines Amount | 57 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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