Analysis of Color



False to a friend
True to a enemy
You lead me down a different path
Overflowing with excitement to a boiling point
Harsh words bruising my feeling and burning my flesh
Trying to change the color of my skin without breaking it
Changing position was a course of a revolution
Inflicting a wound that can not mend
Emerge is a dynasty which is gained
And that which is loss
Fading away
Given a permanent color


Scheme ABCDEFGAHIJK
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 110100 111101001 100101010101 111011001011 101101011101101 1001010110010 010011111 0110100111 01111 1001 10010010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 393
Words 75
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 330
Words per stanza (avg) 75
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Submitted by ELW on February 17, 2021

Modified on April 14, 2023

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