Analysis of Paint



Will you be disappointed in me.
When you find a body in the backseat
of the red mirage
with blacked out windows.
The one I park in the garage
of blank two faced shadows.
But that’s too much information
about this two-car car park.
Because it makes me the irritation.
The ugly headed poison dart.
But I want you to like me.

Instead of changing; truly loving.
I’ll brush it with acrylics; you’ll see nothing.
Truth is, I’m hiding from something
inside me.
I’m the painted up celebrity
on TV.
The carved marble headstone
covering the body.


Scheme AXBCBCDXDXA EEEAAAXA
Poetic Form
Metre 11101001 1110100001 10101 11110 01110001 11111 1111010 0111111 011110010 01010101 1111111 011101010 11110101110 11110110 011 101010100 111 01101 100010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 549
Words 110
Sentences 12
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 11, 8
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 210
Words per stanza (avg) 49

About this poem

We build beautiful facades to hide the dirt under our skin; the blood that pumps selfish longing. I wrote this poem to explore the idea that we lock away our true evil nature.

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Written on April 25, 2022

Submitted by osomstudios on May 25, 2022

Modified by osomstudios on May 25, 2022

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Kaleb Barkman

I am a college student who copes with reality by exploring myself and the world through writing poetry. My love for theology is at the heart of my writing process. more…

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