Analysis of Creative Prison

Elliott Morreau 1997 (Petawawa)



10 And they keep questioning me, (question me)
10 And they keep on askin of me, (ask me)
9 Demandin' on me (demand on me)
9 But I don't know what's in me (in me)
10 God, cuz I don't know what's in me (in me)

8 But It's got a hunger to feed,
6 a passion that bleeds,
10 is it a manifestation of me?
6 Or a monster we'll see,
6 as I lock up the cage,
6 say bye to me! Haha!

6 Just keep dreamin' dreamin'
10 Just keep believin' believin'
6 that one day, things will change.
6 Just keep dreamin' dreamin'
10 Just keep believin' believin'
6 that one day, you'll be sane
(Yeah right, yeah right,)

7 I know you know better now,
12 after all, it's been ten years in creative hell
9 and it's not that you can't keep creatin',
13 it's that no matter what, the monster keeps on eatin'

6 Just keep dreamin' dreamin'
10 Just keep believin' believin'
6 that one day, things will change.
6 Just keep dreamin' dreamin'
10 Just keep believin' believin'
6 that one day, you'll be sane

10 That's the sick joke that no one talks about.
11 that creative beings live in hell.
9 a pendulum of uncertainty,
9 a life imprisonment that guarantees,
10 suffering, depression, anxiety,

12 As I stand at the cage and see my dreams growl for
     more,
12 I can't give you no more! I can't give you no more!
11 I can give you more, yes I can give you more!

6 Just keep dreamin' dreamin' (they told me)
10 Just keep believin' believin' (they told me)
6 that one day, things will change. (they told me)
6 Just keep dreamin' dreamin' (they told me)
10 Just keep believin' believin' (they told me)
6 that one day, you'll be sane (ha ha ha ha)


Scheme aaaaa xxaaxb CCDCCCx cecc CCDCCC xeaxa ffff AAaAAb
Poetic Form
Metre 0111001101 0111011111 1110111 111110101 1111110101 11101011 01011 110001011 101011 111101 11111 1111 1111 111111 1111 1111 111111 1111 1111101 101111100101 01111111 111101010111 1111 1111 111111 1111 1111 111111 1011111101 101010101 010010100 010100101 1000100100 111101011111 1 111111111111 11111111111 1111111 1111111 111111111 1111111 1111111 1111111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,576
Words 321
Sentences 12
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 5, 6, 7, 4, 6, 5, 4, 6
Lines Amount 43
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 148
Words per stanza (avg) 40
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Submitted on March 28, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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