Analysis of Dead Friends Rap
My friends are dropping like flies,
and by dropping, I mean dying.
I mean no longer trying to
fly in a world that wanted
them grounded.
Perry drowned,
and Greg was
found on Highway 6 hit by a
minivan—vodka in hand.
They say the best laid
plans of mice and men oft go
astray—that’s an understatement.
My life plays out like
a scene from Dante’s Inferno.
Abandon all hope.
A month back, Kristin dies from
too much dope.
Tibbs goes out from a
stroke
or some kind of strange brain
malfunction.
I did C.P.R. at the
great wall,
the junction where
the drunks drink and the
dreamers scheme.
It doesn’t work—he goes into a coma.
No more roaming the streets with
my Sancho,
no more
beating the heat with
stolen wine in the
summer slick shade by
the river,
trying to save the
last sliver of our
humanity—only to walk head
long into a fucked up
destiny.
Providence can be a
punk ass bitch when it
wants to be.
See,
I’m not fooled by
life’s strong arm tactics,
one day my friends are fine;
the next,
they’re in caskets—and I’ll
be a basket case when it’s
all said and done.
Fuck
standing still and
fuck
the sun.
Fuck the
moon and the stars
and the whores
and the bars.
Fuck
This silly world
I’m done.
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Metre | 1111011 01101110 11110101 1001110 110 101 011 111110 1011001 11011 1110111 0111100 11111 0111010 01011 0111011 111 11110 1 111111 010 11110 11 0101 01100 101 1111101010 1110011 110 11 10011 10100 10111 010 10110 110110 010010111 101011 100 100110 11111 111 1 1111 11110 111111 01 101001 1010111 1101 1 1010 1 01 10 1001 001 001 1 1101 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 1,226 |
Words | 256 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 61 |
Lines Amount | 61 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 919 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 226 |
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Written on April 18, 2023
Submitted by toddcase888 on April 18, 2023
Modified on April 18, 2023
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