Analysis of Time and Time Again
Time and time again you still push me away,
Further and further, though I still never escape,
The terrible pain from the words that you say.
Can't go on much longer with so much scat to take.
Out there, somewhere is a lonely road,
Calling out to me to travel to the unknown,
But I feel as though my head's about to explode,
Too much contemplation spinning this cyclone.
Time and time again you still haunt me,
Day after day I can't get you out of my head,
Living in this nightmare so long that I can't flee,
From the fear of you hanging over my deathbed.
Out there, somewhere is a woman in a sharkskin
Calling out to me to travel to dark worlds of pain,
Though I feel as my heart's just about to cave in,
Too long I suffered in hell, I can't relive this again.
Time and time again I'm reminded of your face,
Night after sleepless night I think about that road,
That could have taken me away from this place,
Where I'll eternally rot for my sins never atoned
Scheme | AXAX BCBC DEDE CXXX FBFB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) |
Metre | 10101111101 100101111001 01001101111 111110111111 11110101 101111101001 111111101101 1101010101 101011111 110111111111 10011111111 10111101011 1111010001 1011111011111 111111101110 11110011101101 101011010111 110101110111 11110101111 1101001111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 938 |
Words | 185 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 149 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on December 24, 2009
Modified on March 05, 2023
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