Analysis of Tell me im pretty



She kicked rocks;

grew tired of my inattention.

Threw up the ducees; peace out.

Let us be just, friends;

or rather distant aquantinances.

Thought she knew my intentions.

And did I forget to mention,

the rat race, that's what we're in.

ADHD; exuded not near enough attention.

Peanut butter cake, Kool-Aid, spread too thin.

Forgot the allergy and her aversion again.

This belly full, still hungry-like something.

The water was warm and waiting,

I was hot, wanted to jump in.

Moon cycles past; #orbiting.

And I know baby, those planets kept on spinning.

Sinners kept sinning,

all the way to the heavens.

This name not written in that book, couldn't get in.

Victory was absent; couldn't seem to win.

Old soul on losing streak; ruff and tumble.

Fuck! This again?

These and more, oxymoronic aspirations,

exhaled in subtle desperations.

Woe is me.

"Tell me I'm pretty."

One-hundred and forty-three.

Thumbs up; with endorphins at the ready.

I just couldn't let her be.

Brows on fleek, onion booty, and a face out of magazine.

On the floorboard, plastic water bottles empty.

Cozen; so petty.

Do YOU know what I mean?

Her angled posturing repeated, my jealousy multiplied;

this is not what's needed.

Writer subtracts rebuff.

Have not yet begun to fight; flawless victory,

with my Bic pen.

Line after line; tis' but a scratch.

Nagh, I'm fine.

Current equation on the chalkboard,

too advanced to chance.

Leaning to that of conceited.
Backspace repeated,

sonnets are deleted.

These suicidal odds never succeeded.

Composed via blacklight, 4,

love poems unseen.

Change is the reality,

life is but the dream.


Scheme A B C X A D B E B E F G G E G G G D E E X F D A H H H H H I H H I X J X H F X X C X JX J J C I H X
Poetic Form Etheree  (26%)
Tetractys  (24%)
Metre 111 110110010 110111 11111 110101 1111010 01101110 0111110 10101101010 1010111111 0101000001001 1101110110 01011010 11110110 1101100 011101101110 10110 1011010 111100111010 10011010111 1111011010 1101 1011010 010101 111 11110 1100101 1110101010 1110101 11110100011110 10110101010 1110 111111 010100010110010 111110 10101 111011110100 1111 11011101 111 10010101 10111 10111010 1010 101010 1010110010 01101 11001 11010 11101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,575
Words 271
Sentences 40
Stanzas 49
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 50
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 25
Words per stanza (avg) 5
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Submitted by 317CDM on September 12, 2020

Modified on March 14, 2023

1:23 min read
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