Analysis of The Prowler
You taunt me with your smooth facade
You stain me with your lies
You've played me one too many times,
And I fell for your disguise
You're a tattooed mess of arrogance
mixed with forbidden skill-
You mix your danger with your pleasures
And all my doubts are swiftly killed
You strut into a crowded room
commanding all eyes be on you
Demanding what you think you need,
Your a gangster through and through
Your sexuality floats upon the breeze
With the smell of cheap cologne
I keep in stride,
You flaunt me around
with possessive undertones
Why do I get so confused and weak
with these shady, squirrelly kind?
Have I forgotten how to trust my gut,
Or have I simply lost my mind?
By Sandy Sinn
Scheme | XAXA XXXX XBXB XXXXX XCXC X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111101 111111 11111101 0111101 100111100 111001 111101110 01111101 11010101 01011111 01011111 1010101 1010010101 1011101 1101 11101 101010 111110101 111011 1101011111 11110111 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 680 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
This poem describes the type of guy I always found myself attracted to, and I wondered why the dynamics were always the same with different guys I dated. This piece explains the type and dynamic with a humorous, cynical flair.
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