Analysis of They Say
I'm in love
And "they say" he's no good.
I want him
And "they say" I can do better.
Who are they,
To say this to me?
It's my life
I live it for me!
I say I need him,
"They say" he'll never be true.
I say I enjoy him,
"They say" he'll make me a fool.
I say he makes me happy
"They say" in time, he will make me blue.
I say you make me smile,
"They say" he'll make me frown too.
They put him down,
And it makes me mad,
"They say" don't keep him around,
Because he will drag me down.
I don't like or believe
What "They say".
They don't even know him,
So no reason to judge him that way.
They can shut their mouths
And stay away.
I don't want to hear,
What they have to say.
Scheme | ABCDEFGFCHCIFHJHKLMKNECEOEPE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101 011111 111 01111110 111 11111 111 11111 11111 1111011 111011 1111101 1111110 110111111 111111 1111111 1111 01111 1111101 0111111 111101 111 111011 111011111 11111 0101 11111 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 674 |
Words | 168 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 28 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 476 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 147 |
About this poem
About a new love of mine.
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