Analysis of This Cup
A.D. 1992 (Nashville)
I don't want to dance without you
I don't even want to hear the tune
I don't even want to see a sky that's blue
Or hear the word June
I don't want to write out Christmas cards
Or see the snow fall
Or pick up these shattered shards
From the mirror I busted in the hall
I don't want to sing Happy Birthday
Or spend another holiday alone
All these things I could say
If you was home
I stare at this broken reflection
Just a fragment of a lost memory
To cover up this complexion
I'm missing a part of me
To scream at this ugly ceiling
Won't change a damn thing
From all the dust I'm feeling
Makes my vocals not want to sing
It's like jumping into an inky black river
And sinking straight down
My lips begin to quiver
My eyes bleed brown
Plunging into this nightmare
I can't find my way up
My brain begins to not care
As I drink from this poisonous cup
I cry out into the darkness
But still I sink
Inside this personal abyss
I slowly begin to drink
The tar hits my stomach
And covers up my soul
It doesn't even make me sick
Instead I feel whole
A.D. Small
November 25, 2023
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEX FGFG HHHH IJIJ KLKL XMXM XNXN DI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111011 111011101 11101110111 11011 111111101 11011 1111101 1010110001 11111101 110101001 111111 1111 111110010 1010101100 11011010 1100111 11111010 11011 1101110 11101111 111001110110 01011 1101110 1111 100111 111111 1101111 111111001 11101010 1111 01110001 1100111 011110 010111 11010111 01111 11 010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,088 |
Words | 229 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 38 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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