Analysis of Sold
A mask of skin is pliable
Within ambitious hands
Vacant though the eyes may seem
The clothes do make the man
The brain is viral reasoning
It craves a cheaper thrill
Memories are uselessness
When usurped by popular will
Your golden visgage outwardly
Cleaves the dullard eve
The sorrow drinks the happiness
That always seems to leave
You see your skin is buckling
The dryness in your depths
Fades to unveil and comprehend
You gave them all your best.
| Scheme | ABCDEFBFGHIHEJKL |
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01111100 010101 1010111 011101 01110100 110101 10011 1111001 1101100 1011 01010100 11111 1111110 010011 1101001 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 433 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 369 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 79 |
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Submitted on September 30, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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