Analysis of February Twenty-Second Two-Thousand and Two



so i hold my breath
 and close my eyes
wishing it would all turn dark
 so i could let go for the last time
but i couldn’t last
 as i gasp for my breath
i start to cry
 and know this wont be the last time
i need your love
 but don’t believe it exists
it could soon be too late
 to let you prove it
i’ll prove it to you,
 prove it to myself
maybe i’ll be missed,
 maybe i’ll go to hell
so handful by handful,
 it’s all in slow motion
it’s so hard to swallow,
 but i’m trying to let go
i want to cry,
 i want to sleep
i start to puke
 and count the sheep
but you wouldn’t let me be
the rest is a blur,
 a faint memory
but i knew you were there
 and you always will be


Scheme ABCDEAFDGHIJKLMNOPQQFRSRTUTVT
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 0111 1011111 111111011 1111 111111 1111 01111011 1111 1101101 111111 11111 11111 1111 10111 101111 1111 110110 111110 1110111 1111 1111 1111 0101 111111 01101 01100 111101 01111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 654
Words 145
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 29
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 491
Words per stanza (avg) 145
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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