Analysis of 2nd Best
He left you without a word to say,
He has put you in a game you're forced to play.
It seems like he wants someone else,
now you're on the bottom shelf.
He's got a girlfriend on the side,
telling you lies cause he's trying to hide.
You say, you might be putting me to the test,
but I'm still 1st and she will always be 2nd best.
| Scheme | AAXX BBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 111010111 11110011111 1111111 1110101 1101101 1011111011 11111101101 11110111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 320 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on June 19, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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