Analysis of Beauty of Art



Art can be charcoal
when smudged on your hands
Or even when paint is
splashed on art paper
that race and sprint down the page

It can be different colours
that blend together, that looks
warm, delicate and glossy
Like the rich copper sun
that looks like gold

Or the deep bold black ink
on paper
like pearls that leaves fingerprints
Or the pale pink that turns vibrant
like the summer trees with blossom fragrance

Or the sun that sketches shadows
and the green trees giving shade
The shimmers that brush the blue ocean
but little had I thought
Art was always around ne


Scheme XAXBX AXCDX XBXXX XXDXC
Poetic Form Tetractys  (25%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 1111 11111 110111 11110 1101101 1111001 1101011 1100010 101101 1111 101111 110 111110 10111110 1010111010 1011101 0011101 010110110 110111 111011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 547
Words 104
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 115
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on September 16, 2015

Modified on March 14, 2023

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