Analysis of SKIN
I fear not death
I fear not life
I fear SKIN
The blood that flows beneath is red
The tears that run on It are clear
But I fear SKIN
The power it has is all consuming
The pain it causes is monumental
It breeds violence
It incites hate
It separates humanity
I fear SKIN
| Scheme | x x A x x a x x x x x A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 1111 111 01110111 01111111 1111 0101111010 011101010 11100 1011 1100100 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 256 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 12 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 18 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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Racism
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