Analysis of Skin Comes Off



The skin comes off; ripped silently-slowly,
peeled by sanity's fractured somersaults,
it falls to the floor like spiralled feathers.

Tendons are pulled by needles of regret,
are snapped like a bow string; cold vibrations,
sound shatters the air with beautiful smiles.

Veins are gathered into small bloody balls
then thrown into a lost corner of love,
they sit in the dust of dead shadowed times.

Bones are broken; tiny pieces splinter,
larger ones wait to be gnawed by daylight,
the fluttered hounds of dawn's waterfall voice.

So all that is left now is who I am,
the spirit which sweeps along fine echoes,
personality that streamlines the mind.


Scheme XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 0111110010 1111010 111011110 1011110101 1110111010 1100111001 1110011101 1101011011 1100111101 1110101010 101111111 010111101 1111111111 0101101110 01001101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 631
Words 108
Sentences 6
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 104
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on June 04, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Ian Sawicki

Ian Sawicki has been writing poetry for over twenty years. He is a Manchester born poet, who has dedicated his life to exploration and composition of poetry. His work reflects the many great influential experiences of his life, the pain, the pleasure combined to create new exciting poetry. If anyone is interested in my books then please visit my lulu storefront. All artwork on these books is by my own hand. http://stores.lulu.com/chasingtheday more…

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