Analysis of Sitting in the Cold
Tiffany V Long 1984
As I sit here in your driveway
and wait for you to come
I think about the moment
I became so numb..
Afraid to just imagine
the way my life could be
I sat and contemplated
what's broke inside of me..
I jumped with raw excitement
when we became much more
with a phenomenon of craving
I've never felt before..
I thought that I had cleared away
the wreckage of my past
but glaring right in front of me
I saw we wouldn't last..
I put the cart before the horse
and nowhere could I go
for a buggy can not drive itself
this for sure I know..
When I think about tomorrow
and the gifts that are in store
I know inside my very heart
that I could love me more..
As I take on new adventures
in this story we call life
I stop and pause before I act
to keep away the strife..
I live in New beginnings
with everything I see
after all the pain that set me back
I can now be free...
I get to make a difference
with everyone I meet
for now I have an open heart
With God inside of me..
I focus on my goals
of what I can become
I know this is a better path
where I will not be numb..
Scheme | ABCB XDXD CEXE AFDF XGXG GEHE XIXI XDXD XXHD XBXB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (90%) Etheree (28%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111011 011111 1101010 10111 0111010 011111 110100 110111 1111010 110111 10010110 110101 11111101 010111 11010111 111101 11010101 01111 101011101 11111 1110101 0011101 11011101 111111 11111010 0110111 11010111 110101 1101010 11011 101011111 11111 11110100 11011 11111101 110111 110111 111101 11110101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,032 |
Words | 224 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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