Analysis of What it's like
Kelley Davies 1983 (Dallas)
It's like I'm dying slowly
Imprisoned in this clown suit
The weight of the world
The pressure consumes
And overwhelms me
Whatever "me" is
Depression is the norm
Good feelings have stopped
The misery of this planet
The misery of my soul
It overwhelms and terrifies me
| Scheme | A X X X A X X X X X A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010 0100111 01101 01001 0011 1011 010101 11011 01001110 0100111 1010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 279 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 20 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 4 |
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