Analysis of All is lost when the dagger twists
A dagger flashes from out of nowhere
Listening to problems of one another
Letting them vent just to hear the words flow
In a discussion with friends your safe
So when you oppose one another why give up on them
Like all of those years never mattered
Only to have it happen again because of one word
Some times I just don't want to get out of bed
Talking about your day and problems to your best friend
Where do you turn when they are the ones holding the knife
How often am I to endure loosing all I love
Every time I bring myself to trust someone and care
None of them are willing to put up with me for long
Too often I have opened up and people just leave
How is it that they are there for you and told you are safe
Even are asked to write their wedding ceremony
Drifting away because I am sick and speak out about it
A person who is sick would like support from friends
Going through a difficult time by yourself is near impossible
Granted I have had to raise myself and care for myself
Even my family turned their backs on me when I was young
Real friends are hard to come by and I thought they were
Time should have shown me that people come and go
When they leave because you are sick it kills me
I have lost people who I thought were there for me
So I was there for them but I'm a brief moment
Two became zero and I stand alone again
So how am I supposed to hold on with no hands to hold
Scheme | ABC DX EEXX XXAX XDF XXXXXB CFFXXX |
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Poetic Form | Acrostic |
Metre | 010101111 10011011010 1011111011 000101111 11101101011111 111111010 10111100101111 11111111111 1001110101111 1111111011001 1101110110111 100111111101 1111101111111 1101110101011 11111111101111 101111110100 100101111011011 010111110111 10101001101110100 101111110111 101100111111111 111111101110 11111110101 11101111111 111101110111 111111110110 101100110101 11110111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,406 |
Words | 296 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 4, 4, 3, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 158 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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