Analysis of Geronimo



Waking up to a misty morning
Tequila shakes, and the thought starts dawning
How the hell did we get here anyway
The look in your eyes says the thunder's coming
Looking at the back door, but I'm not running
Gonna grab these reigns
and ride this wicked storm

Chippewa half-breed
You know what I got son
Coming through the front door
Everybody wants some
Well hold your hats boys
Because she's coming straight from me

Standing on the ledge looking down
Can't feel my feet touch the ground
Lord no here we go... Jump
Geronimo
Here we go oh Lord
Free falling from the sky
Where we land I don't know
Geronimo
Here we go
Standing on the ledge looking down

I was a young mustang when I hit the ground son
Hairpin trigger on a loaded shotgun
Ain't nobody gonna hold or tie me down no
In comes trouble with a blood red dress on
Big black boots up to her Oh Lord help me
Gonna grab these reigns
And ride this wicked storm

Standing on the ledge looking down
Can't feel my feet touch the ground
Oh no here we go...Jump
Geronimo
Here we go oh Lord
Free falling from the sky
Where we land I don't know
Geronimo
Here we go oh Lord
Standing on the ledge looking down
Jump
Geronimo


Scheme aaxaaBC xdxxxe FGhIJKIIiF ddixeBC FGhIJKIIJFhI
Poetic Form
Metre 101101010 0101001110 101111110 0101110110 10101111110 10111 011101 1011 111111 101011 10011 11111 01110111 10101101 1111101 111111 010 11111 110101 111111 010 111 10101101 11011111011 11010101 1110111111 0110101111 1111101111 10111 011101 10101101 1111101 11111 010 11111 110101 111111 010 11111 10101101 1 010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,170
Words 232
Sentences 3
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 7, 6, 10, 7, 12
Lines Amount 42
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 185
Words per stanza (avg) 45
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Written on July 22, 2014

Submitted by RockMeyerRanch on December 29, 2023

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