Analysis of Cruel
Eyes so painted
and lips so tainted
the theater of the skin
but the beauty lays within
Disguised beneath so many layers
poses for a snapshot moment
could be more attractive than you appear
but never be more immaculate than you
And to an abstract become inflated
every blemish suffers unadulterated
it becomes the scar
never to be contented with who you really are
Shape and form must be perfected
enhanced the puppet strings connected
claims identity
in the factories of copy after copy
If you were and only could be
more faultless than you really should be
picture possessed for an exposure minute
the tailors dummy of publicity
Eyes so tainted
and lips so painted
every defect concealed below decorated
intangible mural you become
animated stage of presentation
the cruel theaters of the skin
betray the beauty which always lays within
So cruel it is to you
Every fascination becomes a bauble
a gold encrusted noose
on which to dangle
the desperation of appeal
Stuffed into feathers fashioned
cushions fighting for the adverts
these sown together facsimiles
is the me in expressive tailor-made
And your life a piece of art work
each symbols collectible remark
paints the mask
of who you never really are
In the mirror dissatisfaction
daily judgment of perfection
you wear it like a scar
never a smile for who you really are
If you were and only could be
more faultless than you really should be
a photo posed abstracts anatomy of beauty
the accommodation of magazine publicity
Every fascination becomes a bauble
a gold encrusted noose
on which to dangle
the desperateness to appeal
a presentation of nothing that is real
such are the cruel theaters of the skin
betraying a soul wishing not to be constrained within
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Metre | 1110 01110 0100101 1010101 010111010 1010110 1110101101 11011010011 0110101010 10010100100 10101 1011010111101 10111010 010101010 10100 001001101010 11001011 11111011 10011101010 0101010100 1110 01110 100100101100 010010101 10011010 010100101 0101011101 1101111 10001001010 010101 11110 0010101 1011010 1010101 110100100 1010010101 01101111 110010001 101 11110101 00100010 10101010 111101 1001111101 11001011 11111011 011100100110 000101100100 10001001010 010101 11110 01101 0010110111 11010100101 01001101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,741 |
Words | 314 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 7, 1, 4, 4, 8, 4, 7 |
Lines Amount | 55 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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