Analysis of Need



I do not need alcohol to have
fun.
I do not need cigarettes to be
cool.
I do not need dope to be
creative.
I need to feel you in my
veins.
I need to breathe you in with every
heartbeat.
And even if you’re just a high,
I want to never come
down.
I do need you.


Scheme ABCDCEFGCHFIJK
Poetic Form
Metre 11111011 1 11110111 1 1111111 010 1111101 1 1111101100 1 01011101 111101 1 1111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 261
Words 65
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 193
Words per stanza (avg) 58
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Written on 2018

Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 05, 2022

Modified on April 19, 2023

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