Analysis of Sound
My shoulders measure no more
than a foot across, left to right.
Your hands wrap around my wrists,
your fingers curling 'round with
length to spare.
You stand a whole head taller
than me, with an ego to match,
and a superiority complex,
if I've ever seen one.
But being smaller than you
doesn't make me anything less.
Being smaller, doesn't make me
incapable, inferior, or insignificant.
I just take up less space.
You, however have proven
your worth time
and time again with every
remark you make
that belittles someone else
and it's all I can to
keep from saying how much
of a waste of space you are.
Scheme | XXXXXXXXABXCX X AXCXXBXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101011 10101111 1110111 1101011 111 1101110 11111011 000010010 111011 1101011 1011101 10101011 0100010010100 111111 110110 111 01011100 0111 101011 011111 111011 1011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 604 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 13, 1, 8 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 157 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Written on 2018
Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 04, 2022
Modified on April 05, 2023
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