Analysis of Cool Kids Free



They were always calling the kettle black
when they were the pot
How the cool kids lied
what is not

They were always saying
we never fought
for the world to change
what is bought

They were always praying
what a world could be; not it’s got
They were always seeing the world as strange;
not as hot

They were always playing
what a horrible game
They were always saying
none of us could blame

They had all of us
saying we could rate
Knowing sure as Hell
that the Devil’s great

They were always weighing
what the world should know
When their plans for laying
were the world should go

They had all the tools
for the best of man
They would help their cause
when the pressed felt ban

They were only ours
for the world to see
What the Evil loves
when the cool kid’s free


Scheme xaxa Bxca baca bdBd xexe bfbf xgxg xhxh
Poetic Form Quatrain  (88%)
Metre 101100101 11001 10111 111 10110 1101 10111 111 10110 10111111 101100111 111 10110 101001 10110 11111 11111 10111 10111 10101 10110 10111 111110 00111 11101 10111 11111 10111 101010 10111 10101 10111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 775
Words 157
Sentences 1
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 76
Words per stanza (avg) 19

About this poem

Free to be cool. Just not cool to be free.

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Written on March 06, 2022

Submitted by Poetbird on March 06, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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