Analysis of Forever Is A Pair Of Overalls
Forever Is A Pair Of Overalls
Forever is a pair of overalls
You wear to go to work
It’s a job that needs
Effort and attention
Getting dirty is a given
Marriage vows are resumes
Promising affections
What we bring
And past experiences
For the sake of devotion
To someone you love.
Forever isn’t guaranteed
Watching it come to an end
Burn up in slow motion
I saw you unfold
A decade of deprivation
Neglect and insincerity
The empty I love you’s
Leaving the house
And me so far behind
My heart disappeared
In a rear view mirror.
I wear new clothes now
Bought with a chance at life
Your cruelty can’t afford
My eyes got wet from sorrow
Saturating shattered pieces
Kintsugi is the art of repairing
In gold what is broken
I apply the paint
Shiny as grace
Everywhere it hurts
And sew a new forever.
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Scheme | A Axxbbxxcxbx dxbxbdxxxxe xxxxxcbxxxe xe |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010101110 010101110 111111 10111 100010 10101010 101101 100010 111 0101000 1011010 1111 010101 1011111 110110 11101 0011010 0101 010111 1001 011101 1101 001110 11111 110111 110101 1111110 1001010 11011010 011110 10101 1011 1011 0101010 101101 111110111101100010101010010111111010100100010110010100101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,063 |
Words | 200 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 11, 11, 11, 2 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 169 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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The fallacy of forever love
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