Analysis of Skin II
Before I go, let me pour this
over your head
it is not the skin or the bones
or the rushing hot blood beneath,
it is not the eyes or the hair
or the makeup,
it is not the clothing and it is not
even the way her footsteps fall
on the pavement
that makes her beautiful,
it never has been
and it never shall be
it was always in her words
and the way she loved
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMN |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01111111 1011 11101101 10101101 11101101 101 1110100111 1001011 1010 110100 11011 011011 111001 00111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 356 |
| Words | 80 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 276 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 77 |
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