Analysis of Crocodile Teeth and Tears
Nola Debera Leech 2003 (Iowa)
He smiles so wide
You think he could swallow you whole
Baring his teeth
He roars
Screams
His face red, voice hoarse
Your soul sat in the corner, crying
But you just stood there
You didn’t do anything
While his scaly skin was pressed against yours
Touch, bite against skin
Brass knuckles, Breaking flesh
Bruised lips from not speaking a word
When your broken soul flies from its body
You imagine a better place
A place where no one can hear his lies
Now you’re on the stand
And you can hear him behind you
He’s angry
Like he always was
You wonder if he cries to your mother
To make sure she believes him
Because why else wouldn’t she believe you
Trapped where no one could hear you scream
Crocodile teeth chomp down on you
Until you can’t breathe
While crocodile tears drown your voice out
Scheme | ABCDEFGHGIJKLMNOPQMRSTQUQVW |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 11111011 1011 11 1 11111 111001010 11111 11110 111111011 11011 110101 11111001 1110111110 10100101 011111111 11101 01111011 110 1111 1101111110 1111011 011111011 11111111 1011111 01111 11011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 794 |
Words | 147 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 27 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 633 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 147 |
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