Analysis of BEEN
mad hippie poet 1974 (new jersey)
I have been standing on this ocean for so many years, never going anywhere and not giving a single care. I have this half-broken body. I got this life of many lives as a token. Still, most importantly, I made my peace, so this story I no longer need to sell, and my soul I get to keep, so no longer do I need to lose any sleep because damn lady karma is bitch, but now I have father time on my side to ease my trouble mind.
I continue to travel this uncharted highway, staying in the middle because the lights are bright, and I'm riding on the tales of a dead man's casket. So many times and rhymes, I wanted life but was given death until the moment I played pretend and the universe gave me another breath.
Let me walk down by this riverside. I need to release these secrets of my sweet mind. Even though it is a dangerous place to be, it has been a moment since I have been set free. I want to dream a million dreams, but truth be told, reality is stopping me.
What has been is all that was the stations in my mind are a mixture of test patterns and fuzz. I have been set free from this mental slavery and that is my new been
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Metre | 11110111011101101010011001011111101011111101101011010011111110111011101111111110111111010111010111111101111111101 10101101010110001001011101101011011101101011101111010101011010010110101 11111110111011101111101110100111111010111111111101011111101101 11111110100111010111001111111110100011111 |
Characters | 1,131 |
Words | 233 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 219 |
Words per line (avg) | 57 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 219 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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